Quotes
Quotes about History
We learn from history that we do not learn anything from history.
We learn from history that we do not learn anything from history.
To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.
Journalism is merely history's first draft.
The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops through the conflict of viewpoints.
History is fables agreed upon.
Language is an archeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
Every civilizing step in history has been ridiculed as 'sentimental', 'impractical', or 'womanish', etc., by those whose fun, profit or convenience was at stake.
When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it, always.
You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who have ever been alive.
Anyone can look for fashion in a boutique or history in a museum. The creative explorer looks for history in a hardware store and fashion in an airport.
Happy the people whose annals are blank in the history books!
Happy the people whose annals are blank in the history books!
The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of government power, not the increase of it.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
Truth and History involve nothing more than convincing the masses that you are right.
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth. For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. One in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth. - To Neil Armstrong after he landed successfully on the Moon.
The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility. -HW Longfellow.
