History Quotes

"Civilization requires slaves."

"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience."

"The past is ever present, shaping us in ways we scarcely understand."

"History repeats itself because human nature remains eternally unchanged."

"The present is ever shadowed by the past's long reach."

"History is written by those who survived, not those destroyed."

"History is the story of human consciousness awakening."

"History is but a record of what people have thought and done"

"History is the teacher of those who will listen."

"The past informs the present; the present shapes the future."

"History is written by the victors."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"The facts of history seldom seem important to those who make it."

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

"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation."

"The past cannot be changed, but it can be understood and learned from."

"History teaches us that we are forever learning"

"History is the witness of the ages, the light of truth."

"The wonderful thing about history is that it is full of surprises."

"One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged."

"Historians are prophets in reverse."

"The supreme purpose of history is a better world."

"History resembles painting; some distance is needed for the perspective to be correct."

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

"History is the witness of all ages, the light of truth."

"History repeats itself because we fail to learn its lessons."

"History teaches that empires rise and fall."

"History teaches us through experience."

"The past cannot be changed, but it can illuminate the future."

"History is an abyss of infinite complexity."