History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"History is the judge of all actions."
Scipio Africanus
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
Augustus
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"History repeats itself to those who refuse to learn from it."
Tarquin the Proud
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"History is the teacher that punishes those who refuse to listen."
Tarquin the Proud
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"History will judge not my failures, but my determination to endure."
Cleopatra VII
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"My legacy was written not in stone, but in the hearts of nations."
Cleopatra VII
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"I learned that history is written by the victors and the wise."
Cleopatra VII
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"To forget one's past victories is to invite future defeats."
Pompey
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"Those who forget the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them painfully."
Pompey
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"History is written by those who understand the turning of the seasons."
Hannibal
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"The shadows of the past guide those who refuse to repeat them."
Hannibal
"History is written not by the meek, but by those with the courage to act."
Mark Antony
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"History judges not the intentions but the outcomes of our actions."
Marcus Brutus
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"To understand history is to understand the present."
Marcus Brutus
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"The history books belong to the victor, not the virtuous."
Tarquin the Proud
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"The republic is dead; I am its tomb and heir."
Tarquin the Proud
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"The legacy we leave is more important than the glory we claim."
Scipio Africanus
"Knowledge of the past is the key to understanding the present."
Augustus
"The lessons of history are written in blood and tears."
Augustus
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"To understand history is to hold the keys to the future."
Pompey
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"Those who forget the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them."
Pompey
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"A leader who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat its failures."
Hannibal
"To understand Rome is to understand the nature of human ambition."
Mark Antony
"The advancement of Rome is the advancement of civilization itself."
Mark Antony
"In the book of history, the ink is blood and the pages are lives."
Mark Antony
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"What we owe to history is an honest accounting of our deeds."
Marcus Brutus
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"The legacy of Rome is written in the hearts of those who understood her purpose."
Marcus Brutus
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"The founding of a city is the beginning of civilization."
Romulus
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"History remembers tyrants, but loves those who freed them from tyranny."
Tarquin the Proud
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"A tyrant's legacy is written in the tears of his subjects."
Tarquin the Proud