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