History Quotes
Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.
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"History is the jury that judges us all."Camilo Castelo Branco
"The ink of history flows from the blood of those who dared."Ludovico Ariosto
"History repeats because we refuse to listen the first time."Ludovico Ariosto
"The flowering of civilization is contingent upon adequate food supplies."Petrarch
"A nation that forgets its history is condemned to repeat its follies."Ramalho Ortigão
"Memory is the currency of meaning; those who forget their past become impoverished."Ramalho Ortigão
"To understand history is to hold the key to the future."Torquato Tasso
"Men are always in the same conditions as they have been in the past."Niccolò Machiavelli
"A knowledge of the past is essential if we are to understand the present."Niccolò Machiavelli
"In the course of a man's life, the same events do not twice occur; but the same kinds of events occur."Niccolò Machiavelli
"Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."Niccolò Machiavelli
"History teaches those willing to listen that pride precedes ruin."Torquato Tasso
"The past instructs us only if we are willing to listen to its lessons."Ramalho Ortigão
"A história nos mostra o caminho para o futuro."Almeida Garrett
"A história se repete porque não a escutamos bem."Almeida Garrett
"The past is a teacher that instructs us through experience, but we must not become its prisoner."Alexandre Herculano
"Every generation inherits both the triumphs and failures of those before it."Alexandre Herculano
"History repeats itself because humanity never learns."Eça de Queirós
"The past haunts the present with inescapable inevitability."Eça de Queirós
"History written by victors conceals as much as it reveals."Eça de Queirós
"History repeats itself until we finally learn its lesson."Saramago
"History is littered with the graves of certainty."Saramago
"History teaches us the consequences of our actions."Luís de Camões
"History echoes in our present choices."Luís de Camões
"In the history of nations, we read the consequences of forgetting human dignity."Camilo Castelo Branco
"History is philosophy teaching by example, yet we remain stubbornly deaf."Camilo Castelo Branco
"A história nos repete quando não a compreendemos."Ramalho Ortigão
"History repeats itself because we refuse to learn from it."Saramago
"The past is always present, whether we acknowledge it or not."Saramago
"History repeats because humanity refuses to listen to its lessons."Luís de Camões