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 just the future entered through another gate."
William S. Burroughs
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"History teaches us the lessons of the past."
William Carlos Williams
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"They call it the beatific generation, but I don't feel any beatification."
Jack Kerouac
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"History is written by those who stay awake."
Jack Kerouac
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"History repeats itself, but in disguise."
Hart Crane
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"History teaches what the present forgets."
Hart Crane
"History is merely a list of surprises. It can only surprise us."
Kurt Vonnegut
"I like to think of my behavior in the twentieth century the way I think of behavior during the Crusades."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"History teaches that change comes slowly, then suddenly all at once."
William Carlos Williams
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"History is made by those who refuse to accept the present"
Allen Ginsberg
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"History teaches us that change is inevitable and necessary"
Allen Ginsberg
"I study the lives of great men and famous women."
Marianne Moore
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"Modern civilization buries its own dreams beneath concrete."
Hart Crane
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"History repeats itself to those who ignore it."
Hilda Doolittle
"The future is always a surprise, but the past should not be."
Kurt Vonnegut
"And I wonder if the people in charge knew what they were doing."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"One can never quarantine the past."
William Carlos Williams
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"The past whispers to those willing to listen with their whole being."
Hart Crane
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"History is written by the ones with the loudest voices, not the truest."
Allen Ginsberg
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"History teaches us what we refuse to learn."
Hilda Doolittle
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"History is the lie we agree upon, and that's what makes it real."
Jack Kerouac
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"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."
Amy Lowell
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"History repeats itself to those who don't listen."
Amy Lowell
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"Memory shapes who we are and how we see the future."
William Carlos Williams
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"History is written by those who dare to pay attention."
William Carlos Williams
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"The past is always present in our contemporary struggles."
Hart Crane
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"Every word carries the weight of history and human experience."
Hart Crane
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"The past speaks through us in the present moment."
Hart Crane
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"The past is never truly past; it lives in us."
Hilda Doolittle
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"The past whispers; we must learn to listen carefully."
Hilda Doolittle