History is the distillation of rumor. Thomas Carlyle
History is the distillation of rumor.History and HistoriansQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
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The whole past is the procession of the present. Thomas Carlyle
The whole past is the procession of the present.History and HistoriansQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.History and HistoriansQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
History is but a confused heap of facts. Lord Chesterfield
History is but a confused heap of facts.History and HistoriansQuotations by Lord Chesterfield
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves. Marcus T. Cicero
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.History and HistoriansQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
While we read history we make history. George William Curtis
While we read history we make history.History and HistoriansQuotations by George William Curtis
History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history. Clarence Darrow
History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.History and HistoriansQuotations by Clarence Darrow
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. Ernest Dimnet
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.History and HistoriansQuotations by Ernest Dimnet
Our best history is still poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our best history is still poetry.History and HistoriansQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Might does not make right, it only makes history. Jim Fiebig
Might does not make right, it only makes history.History and HistoriansQuotations by Jim Fiebig
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. Gustave Flaubert
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.History and HistoriansQuotations by Gustave Flaubert
History is more or less bunk. Henry Ford
History is more or less bunk.History and HistoriansQuotations by Henry Ford
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. Anatole France
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.History and HistoriansQuotations by Anatole France
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. James A. Froude
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.History and HistoriansQuotations by James A. Froude
The pyramids, attached with age, have forgotten the names of their founders. R. Buckminster Fuller
The pyramids, attached with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.History and HistoriansQuotations by R. Buckminster Fuller
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Edward Gibbon
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.History and HistoriansQuotations by Edward Gibbon
He is the purest figure in history. [About George Washington] William E. Gladstone
He is the purest figure in history. [About George Washington]History and HistoriansQuotations by William E. Gladstone
The history of mankind is his character. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The history of mankind is his character.History and HistoriansQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other. Philip Guedalla
History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.History and HistoriansQuotations by Philip Guedalla
The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. Friedrich Hegel
The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.History and HistoriansQuotations by Friedrich Hegel
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. Robert Heinlein
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.History and HistoriansQuotations by Robert Heinlein
A page of history is worth a pound of logic. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A page of history is worth a pound of logic.History and HistoriansQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.History and HistoriansQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
History is a better guide than good intentions. Jeane Kirkpatrick
History is a better guide than good intentions.History and HistoriansQuotations by Jeane Kirkpatrick
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. Abraham Lincoln
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.History and HistoriansQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Karl Marx
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.History and HistoriansQuotations by Karl Marx
Historian — an unsuccessful novelist. H. L. Mencken
Historian — an unsuccessful novelist.History and HistoriansQuotations by H. L. Mencken
The men who make history have not time to write it. Klemens Von Metternich
The men who make history have not time to write it.History and HistoriansQuotations by Klemens Von Metternich
Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. African Proverb
Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.History and HistoriansQuotations by African Proverb
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. George Santayana
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.History and HistoriansQuotations by George Santayana
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward. Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.History and HistoriansQuotations by Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
There is a history in all men’s lives. William Shakespeare
There is a history in all men’s lives.History and HistoriansQuotations by William Shakespeare
Study men, not historians. Harry S Truman
Study men, not historians.History and HistoriansQuotations by Harry S Truman
Every time history repeats itself the price goes up. Source Unknown
Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.History and HistoriansQuotations by Source Unknown
Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen. Henry Vaughan
Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.History and HistoriansQuotations by Henry Vaughan
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead. Voltaire
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.History and HistoriansQuotations by Voltaire
History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes. Voltaire
History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.History and HistoriansQuotations by Voltaire
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H.G. Wells
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.History and HistoriansQuotations by H.G. Wells
Human history in essence is the history of ideas. H.G. Wells
Human history in essence is the history of ideas.History and HistoriansQuotations by H.G. Wells
History is a race between education and catastrophe. H.G. Wells
History is a race between education and catastrophe.History and HistoriansQuotations by H.G. Wells