Read quote“Arm yourselves with the facts; arm yourselves with knowledge of the actual history.”
Topic
History
Quotes about History
The past, historical memory, and how societies interpret change over time.
The collection
Words on History
Read quote“Âm nhạc là cây cầu nối kỳ diệu giữa quá khứ và hiện tại.”
Read quote“But that is history and we take care now of the present while, I should hope, we look to the future.”
Read quote“History is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
Read quote“I stand here today with a sense of humility, a sense of history, and a sense of honour.”
Read quote“Por donde me pareció darle nombre de Historia natural y moral de las Indias, abrazando con este intento ambas cosas.”
Read quote“古无舌头舌上之分,知彻澄三母,以今音读之,与照穿床无别也,求之古音,则与端透定无异。”
Read quote“România şi-a câştigat titlurile sale de nobleţă pe câmpul războiului; ... are dreptul de a face intrarea sa în lume cu fruntea sus.”
Read quote“I never feel that I have to be true to history: I have to be true to my story.”
Read quote“Creo en que la persona es artífice de su propia historia.”
Read quote“El futuro del fútbol es su pasado.”
Read quote“六经皆史也。”
Read quote“We are strangers in this land [of India]. Our fathers and grandfathers came to live here from abroad.”
Read quote“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Read quote“La pensée africaine est aussi vieille que les peuples africains eux-mêmes.”
Read quote“To understand a culture is to say to yourself, If I’d been living then I could conceive that I could have believed that and remained rational and been quite a decent sort of person.”
Read quote“La desigualdad es una característica de este país desde sus inicios.”
Read quote“The answer is within us, our own history, our own rich culture.”
Read quote“How could we expect otherwise? World organization is still a new adventure in human history.”
Read quote“Ma découverte interesse toutes les nations, et c’est pour toutes les nations que je veux faire et mon histoire et mon apologie.”
