History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

"History shows us that change is inevitable and necessary."
Wallace Stevens
"History repeats itself to those who do not learn."
Fannie Hurst
E
"The witch that came the night they hanged his mother felled his father oak and set the house afire."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
W
"To understand the present, one must look at what has been left behind."
William Carlos Williams
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"The past is never truly past; it haunts us with its unresolved beauty."
Hart Crane
A
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
Amy Lowell
H
"The past lives within us, shaping who we become."
Hilda Doolittle
H
"History teaches us that change is inevitable and necessary."
Hilda Doolittle
C
"History teaches us to avoid the mistakes of the past."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
M
"History teaches lessons we must not forget."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
M
"History reminds us of human capacity for both good and evil."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
"History judges us not by our intentions but by our actions."
Marianne Moore
"History repeats itself because we fail to learn from it."
Marianne Moore
E
"History teaches us that we are doomed to repeat our mistakes if we don't learn from them."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
E
"History is the best teacher; we must listen closely."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
C
"History shows us that change, though difficult, is always possible."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A
"What we call tradition is often just the memory of what once was revolutionary."
Amy Lowell
A
"History repeats because we fail to truly understand it."
Amy Lowell
"History repeats itself because we fail to truly listen to it."
Fannie Hurst
"We can never know too little about the past."
Wallace Stevens
K
"History teaches us that change is inevitable and constant."
Kate Chopin
M
"The past clings to small towns like morning fog, reluctant to disperse."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
E
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"History repeats because we fail to truly listen."
Fannie Hurst
A
"The study of history teaches us about ourselves and our choices."
Amy Lowell
A
"History repeats because we fail to listen to its lessons."
Amy Lowell
J
"The evolution of man thus far has not been a peaceful process."
Jack London
M
"History teaches us that what seems permanent today may be forgotten tomorrow."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
C
"In any large view of the world, we cannot ignore what has been done for us by the minds of antiquity."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
C
"We cannot ignore the historical forces that have shaped our present condition."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman