History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

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"The greatest lesson history teaches is that all empires eventually fall."
Vlad the Impaler
"The history we ignore is destined to repeat itself upon us."
Stephen the Great
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"History records not the wishes of men, but the consequences of their actions."
Suleiman the Magnificent
"History remembers those who dared to stand when all others knelt."
Skanderbeg
"Those who forget where they come from will never know where they are going."
Skanderbeg
"The soul of a nation is forged in the furnace of its struggles."
Skanderbeg
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"Witness our too much memorable shame when Cressy battle fatally was struck"
Henry V
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"What's past is prologue"
Henry V
C
"History remembers those who act when others merely pray."
Charles Martel
C
"Those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it in blood."
Charles Martel
C
"History is written by the victors, but remembered by their children."
Charles Martel
C
"History teaches that empires fall not from external pressure, but internal decay."
Charles Martel
C
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."
Charlemagne
C
"A kingdom that forgets its history is doomed to repeat its mistakes."
Charlemagne
"History remembers not the conqueror who took the most land, but the one who protected his people best."
Stephen the Great
"A kingdom that forgets its history is a kingdom that has forgotten itself."
Stephen the Great
V
"History remembers the victor, not the victim."
Vlad the Impaler
V
"The shadows of the past shape the kingdoms of tomorrow."
Vlad the Impaler
V
"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it—as victims."
Vlad the Impaler
V
"A kingdom's monuments outlast its mercy."
Vlad the Impaler
V
"A man's legacy is measured not by what he built, but by what he destroyed."
Vlad the Impaler
R
"History teaches us what we must not repeat."
Richard the Lionheart
S
"History repeats itself to those who do not learn from it."
Shivaji
C
"The study of history is the pursuit of wisdom."
Charlemagne
C
"History judges not the victor, but the visionary."
Charles Martel
C
"To understand history is to hold the key to the future."
Charles Martel
C
"To shape the future, one must first understand the past."
Charles Martel
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"History judges not by intention but by deed."
Aurangzeb
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"My legacy is written in the soil of those who opposed me."
Vlad the Impaler
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"Those who remember me tremble; those who forget repeat history."
Vlad the Impaler