History Quotes

"There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France."

"Paris was in the throes of revolution, and the very air seemed to vibrate with the passion of the people."

"History is the judge of truth."

"The Doctor's reputation is forged in the chains of his past"

"The past cannot be changed, only understood."

"Some think the great Leviathan is from the days of Creation herself."

"The past is prologue to the future"

"History repeats itself to those who do not learn from it."

"What is history but the deeds of great men?"

"What history records, time cannot erase."

"History repeats itself, but the details always change."

"History is a witness of the ages, a light of truth, and a guide of life."

"What one generation leaves another, may be picked up by the next."

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

"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town."

"Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings."

"Never quite understood the old families in the East."

"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it."

"History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles."

"The past is destroyed, but fragments of it can be found by sifting through the rubble."

"There is no such thing as history anymore."

"Civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism."

"The old world was crazy, absolutely mad."

"The Party controls all records, and we control the past."

"Maycomb is an old town, but it was on an Indian reservation before that."

"The greatest tragedy in history."

"It is our custom to destroy all documents and records."

"History would show something new (with a sickly face and trembling voice began to read)."

"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it."

"You think you're the first one to try fighting back? There's been plenty before you."