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 past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
John Banville
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"We inherit more than we understand from the past."
John Banville
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"The past casts a longer shadow than the future."
John Banville
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"The past is not prologue; it is prisoner."
John Banville
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"History repeats not because we forget, but because we fail to understand."
Luís de Camões
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"History repeats itself because we never truly learn from it."
Eça de Queirós
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"History is written by survivors, not by the defeated."
Eça de Queirós
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"History is what we make of it, not what it makes of us."
Saramago
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"History is the teacher of those wise enough to learn its lessons."
Luís de Camões
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"We are shaped by our history, but we are not imprisoned by it."
Austin Clarke
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"History teaches us what we should never repeat."
Austin Clarke
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"History is written by those too confident in their own memory."
Fernando Pessoa
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"History repeats itself because we refuse to learn its lessons the first time."
John Banville
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"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"History is written by those who survive, not by those who are right."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"The old tales are not dead; they live in the hearts of those who listen."
Padraig Colum
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"History is the teacher for those who wish to learn."
Padraig Colum
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"History does not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes with itself."
Saramago
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"History teaches us that pride precedes every great fall."
Luís de Camões
"History repeats itself because nobody listened the first time"
Patrick Kavanagh
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"The past is a foreign country; we cannot return there."
Fernando Pessoa
J
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
John Banville
J
"To understand history is to understand ourselves."
John Banville
J
"The past never truly dies; it only sleeps."
John Banville
J
"The past is a country we visit without ever truly leaving."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"History repeats itself, but each time we pretend it is new."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"A man without history is like a tree without roots."
Austin Clarke
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"History is not what happened; it is what we choose to remember and how we choose to tell it."
Austin Clarke
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"History says, Don't hope on this side of the grave."
Seamus Heaney
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"History repeats itself to those who do not learn from it."
Seamus Heaney