History is indeed 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. — Edward Gibbon
The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. — Antony Beevor
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and american history is all about men hating their — Malcolm Bradbury
If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again. — Terry Venables
All history is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world. — Alice Walker
History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. — W. H. Auden
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there. — George Santayana
I’m somewhat horrified because I don’t think the young people today even know what history is. — Joan Sutherland
A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents. — Richard Reeves
If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: — Karl Jaspers
Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time. — Robert Smithson
History is a facsimile of events held together by finally biographical information. — Robert Smithson
History is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums — Robert Smithson
The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. — Elizabeth II
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man’s history is the beating of war drums. — Arthur Koestler
We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past. — Douglas Hurd
To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende. — Erich Auerbach
After jackie robinson the most important black in baseball history is reggie jackson, I really mean that. — Reggie Jackson
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. — Ken Burns