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 difference between the Renaissance and now is television."
Salvador Dalí
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"New York still remains the great capital of the art world."
Andy Warhol
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"History teaches us that fear leads to the worst decisions."
Yair Lapid
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"History repeats itself to those who ignore its lessons."
Yair Lapid
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"History teaches us that great art emerges from great struggle."
Vincent van Gogh
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"History repeats itself because we refuse to learn from it."
Yair Lapid
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"We must remember that history is written by those with power, not those with truth."
Yair Lapid
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"World War III will be triggered by some insignificant event."
Salvador Dalí
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"The future will show whether my filiation to the past was sincere."
Salvador Dalí
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"Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes, or fifteen people will be famous forever."
Andy Warhol
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"The monument to man's achievement is written in his art."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"History is written by those with the courage to act."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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"My birth was my first disaster. I was born during the Mexican Revolution."
Frida Kahlo
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"A nation that forgets its history is doomed to repeat its mistakes."
Yair Lapid
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"History teaches us that freedom is fragile."
Naftali Bennett
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"We must learn from history or be condemned to repeat its mistakes."
Ehud Olmert
"History teaches us that compromise is often the path to lasting solutions."
Ehud Barak
"We cannot build a future on the mistakes of the past without learning from them."
Ehud Barak
"History is a teacher for those willing to learn."
Ehud Barak
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"History teaches us that freedom requires constant vigilance."
Naftali Bennett
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"We must learn from history to avoid repeating its mistakes."
Yair Lapid
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"We cannot build a future on the ashes of the past without acknowledging it."
Yair Lapid
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"History is written by those willing to learn from it."
Yair Lapid
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"We must learn from history, not to repeat it, but to transcend it."
Ehud Olmert
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"History judges us not by our intentions, but by our actions."
Ehud Olmert
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"History does not repeat itself, but we often repeat its mistakes."
Ehud Olmert
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"History teaches us that change is inevitable, only its direction remains uncertain."
Ehud Olmert
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"History is written by those who understand its lessons."
Ehud Olmert
"History teaches us that the victors are often those who can forgive."
Ehud Barak
"Memory shapes policy more than any strategic doctrine should allow."
Ehud Barak