History Quotes

"To understand the future, one must study the patterns of the past."

"The lessons of history repeat themselves to those who fail to listen."

"If we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it."

"Those who refuse to learn from the past are condemned to experience it again."

"We honor those who came before us by living thoughtfully, not extravagantly."

"I was not born wise. I love the past and am diligent in seeking it."

"By studying the past, one defines the future."

"Every age has deemed important what the next age has found foolish."

"History repeats because humans repeat themselves."

"Study the past if you would define the future."

"History repeats because men fail to learn from history's lessons."

"History does not repeat, but patterns emerge for those with eyes to see."

"History is the teacher of those who will not learn from life."

"History teaches us that the same follies are repeated by each generation."

"Study the past if you would define the future."

"To understand the future, study the past."

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

"Quotes by Socrates are often written by Plato and Xenophon, not by Socrates himself, since he left no writings."

"He who does not know where he came from, does not know where he is going."

"History teaches us what the present wishes to forget."

"History is written by those who understand its lessons."

"History teaches us not to repeat past mistakes."

"It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world."

"I once knew a guy who tried to end winter."

"I grew up in a castle in the mountains."

"History teaches us what we ought never to forget."

"History's lessons are lost upon those too proud to heed them."

"History teaches us not to repeat the same mistakes."

"Those who tell the stories rule the society."

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."