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