History Quotes ( 110 - 120 of 285 )
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up read more
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.
How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
