History Quotes
Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.
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"History is a teacher of humility."Paul Verlaine
"Cities are the temples of modern civilization; in them, mankind shows his true nature."Charles Baudelaire
"History teaches us what wisdom demands we remember."Pierre Corneille
"History teaches us through the mistakes of the past."Jean Racine
"History is the teacher of those who will learn."Jean Racine
"History is the mirror in which present generations see their future."Pierre Corneille
"I have seen the future and it is already fading into the past."Arthur Rimbaud
"History is the nightmare from which we are always trying to awake."Arthur Rimbaud
"History repeats itself because we are too afraid to look at what it shows us."Arthur Rimbaud
"The past is a mirror; use it to see forward."Paul Verlaine
"History is the teacher of those who listen."Paul Verlaine
"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up."Voltaire
"There is no greater monument to human folly than the pyramids of Egypt."Voltaire
"History judges not by intentions but by consequences"Pierre Corneille
"The past is a country from which none return unchanged."Jean Racine
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."Paul Verlaine
"History is the teacher of those willing to learn."Molière
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."Gérard de Nerval
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce."Gérard de Nerval
"History teaches us the consequences of our actions."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Learn from history or repeat it."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"History is the witness of times, the light of truth"Théophile Gautier
"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."Guy de Maupassant
"History teaches us what we should avoid repeating."Guy de Maupassant
"History is the version of past events that people have agreed upon."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."Charles Baudelaire
"History is written by those who survive, and erased by those who prevail."Paul Verlaine
"The past is never truly past; it lives within us eternally."Gérard de Nerval
"The past is a foreign country; we cannot return."Gérard de Nerval