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History Quotes (page 4)

Maya Angelou quote: "History with all its unending pain cannot be outlived, but..."
History with all its unending pain cannot be outlived, but faced with courage need not be lived again. Maya Angelou
History does not record anywhere a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. Robert A. Heinlein
Paul Valery quote: "History is the science of what never happens twice."
History is the science of what never happens twice. Paul Valery
James F. Cooper quote: "History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an..."
History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. James F. Cooper
Alice Hoffman quote: "History is personal, Gwen understands that now. All you are..."
History is personal, Gwen understands that now. All you are seeing is what's before you, the rest is guesswork. Alice Hoffman
History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future. Robert Penn Warren
George R. R. Martin quote: "History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally..."
History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again. George R. R. Martin
Alan Bennett quote: "History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a..."
History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so. Alan Bennett
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "History is merely a list of surprises,' I said. 'It can only..."
History is merely a list of surprises,' I said. 'It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. Please write that down. Kurt Vonnegut
History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species. P. D. James
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. What is the worth of all this? The only guide to a man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations;... Winston Churchill
Alan Bennett quote: "History is just one fucking thing after another."
History is just one fucking thing after another. Alan Bennett
History has to live with what was here, clutching and close to fumbling all we had -it is so dull and gruesome how we die, unlike writing, life never finishes. Robert Lowell
Lois McMaster Bujold quote: "History does not so much as repeat as echo, I suppose."
History does not so much as repeat as echo, I suppose. Lois McMaster Bujold
History is the record of what human beings have been impelled to do by their ignorance and the enormous bumptiousness that makes them canonize their ignorance as a political or religious dogma Aldous Huxley

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