History Quotes

"The great humanity of history is not found in monuments but in the quiet persistence of ordinary souls."

"History is the teacher of those who wish to learn."

"In the history of the world, the same kinds of things happen over and over again."

"I love everything that is old: old friends, old times, old manners, and old books."

"There can be no history without human will."

"A nation that forgets its past has no future."

"The grandeur of Rome was built upon the foundation of law."

"The truth of the matter is that we are all products of history."

"History teaches us the consequences of our actions."

"History is a vast nightmare from which we are trying to awake."

"History shows us that the greatest transformations begin in the mind."

"To understand history is to understand the possibility of change."

"The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up."

"History does not teach fatalism."

"Commerce has softened the manners of men."

"Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty."

"Nations are like families; they are often governed by the young."

"The source of all revolutions lies in an abuse of power."

"The study of history teaches us that revolutions are born from the abuse of liberty."

"History is not what happened, but what is remembered and recorded."

"History teaches that individuals shape events as much as events shape individuals."

"History is not destiny; it is a record of what humans have chosen to do and chosen not to do."

"The past is not dead; it shapes the present and limits the future unless we consciously reject it."

"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up."

"History is philosophy teaching by examples."

"History repeats itself because humanity refuses to learn from it."

"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up."

"All our ancient history is no more than accepted fiction."