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 mountains hold the secrets of generations who came before us."
Ciro Alegría
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"Memory is the foundation of identity and civilization"
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"History teaches that tyranny always contains the seeds of its own destruction"
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"The past informs the present and shapes the future"
Mario Vargas Llosa
"We are doomed to repeat history like a needle on a broken record."
Gabriel García Márquez
"A nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it."
Gabriel García Márquez
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"To understand history is to hold the key to the future."
Jorge Isaacs
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"The past is not a prison; it is a teacher if we are wise enough to learn."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"History is written by those brave enough to tell uncomfortable truths."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"In memory, the dead continue to speak to the living."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"A people's history is written in the faces of its people."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"History repeats itself because we refuse to learn from it."
Fernando Vallejo
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"The past is a country we never truly leave."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Every culture is a museum of beautiful lies."
Fernando Vallejo
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"We build monuments to honor what we have destroyed."
Fernando Vallejo
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"The past is a country from which we are all exiles."
Fernando Vallejo
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"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"History repeats itself because we refuse to learn."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"The past cannot be changed, but it can be understood."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"History is written by those who win, but truth belongs to all"
Rodolfo Walsh
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"To understand a people, one must first understand their land and what it demands of them."
Alcides Arguedas
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"A nation that forgets its indigenous roots walks blindly into an uncertain future."
Alcides Arguedas
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"The land remembers what the people forget; history is written in stone and soil."
Alcides Arguedas
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"To ignore history is to be condemned to misunderstand the present."
Alcides Arguedas
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"The past is a ghost that haunts our present and shapes our future."
Ernesto Sabato
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"History is a tragedy repeated as farce until we learn its lessons."
Ernesto Sabato
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"The excluded are the true chroniclers of history."
Haroldo Conti
"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes with our present."
Gabriel García Márquez
"History teaches us that we are capable of both great beauty and great cruelty."
Gabriel García Márquez
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"Colombia is a country where the past devours the future."
Fernando Vallejo