Quotes
Quotes about History
I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.
The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
History: A distillation of rumor.
History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.
History belongs to the winner.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
I have no history but the length of my bones.
History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.
There is no life that does not contribute to history.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
