History Quotes

"The charm of History and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"History repeats itself for those who don't learn from it."

"History is a mirror in which we can see ourselves."

"Learn from history or repeat it."

"History repeats itself to those who don't listen."

"History repeats itself because people never learn."

"The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"The danger of nostalgia is that it obscures the hardships of the past."

"The past is a foreign country; we cannot live there no matter how much we might wish to."

"Every generation believes it has invented something new, when really it's just reinventing the wheel."

"History repeats itself to those who refuse to learn."

"The real story isn't in the headlines. It's in the neighborhoods, in the bars, in the lives of ordinary people."

"History repeats itself because people never learn."

"History is written by the victors, but truth belongs to all."

"History is written by those who show up with a notebook."

"History repeats because people don't pay attention."

"America had often been discovering itself - usually at other people's expense."

"History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided."

"Memory is the glue that holds us together."

"History repeats itself when we fail to learn from it."

"History is prologue."

"History teaches us what not to repeat."

"History is written by the victors and corrected by truth."

"History repeats itself because we never learn the first time."

"History teaches us lessons we must not forget."

"History repeats itself because nobody was paying attention the first time."

"History rhymes because human nature doesn't change."

"The stories we tell define who we are as a society."