Bored of all that 'history repeats itself' shebang? Looking for some new ideas to impress your friends when talking about historical events, of which we seem to have more than enough these days? Well then, you've come to the exact right place at the exact right moment, for this is our selection of the best history quotes ever!
Now, most of these are famous people's quotes, but who said that it isn't cool to read what people who made history had to say about it? Others are just plain famous quotes - ones whose author might be a bit more obscure, but their words nevertheless made enough of an impact to stick around with us for literally ages to be met in school books and on coffee mugs. Of course, these quotes about history will also have some new info to share with you, although it is funny when you think that we ourselves are living in history, yet there's always something new about it. Well, anyhoo, you’d better check out these history quotes for yourself before we hammer some assumptions into you.
So, scroll on down below and check the undeniably powerful quotes out! Once you've skimmed through all of them, give the best quotes your vote, and share this inspiring but also slightly intimidating article with your friends!
#101

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
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#102
"Human history is not the product of the wise direction of human reason, but is shaped by the forces of emotion — our dreams, our pride, our greed, our fears, and our desire for revenge." - Lin Yutang
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#103
"History books that contain no lies are extremely dull." - Anatole France
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#104
"There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made." - Michelle Obama
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#105

“The student is to read history actively not passively.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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#106
"You don’t hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school." - Stephen Ambrose
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#107
“The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
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#108
“History is the story of events, with praise or blame.” - Cotton Mather
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#109
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
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#110

“Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.” ― Oscar Wilde
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#111
“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ” ― David McCullough
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#112
“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than that. So are we all.” ― James Baldwin
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#113
“Human history is a Gaian dream.” ― Terence McKenna
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#114

“History is a kind of introduction to more interesting people than we can possibly meet in our restricted lives; let us not neglect the opportunity.” – Dexter Perkins
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#115
“The writing of histories – as Goethe once noted – is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past… The writing of history liberates us from history.” – Benedetto Croce
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#116
“History can bring luck: this is what we can call optimism.” – Stephane Hessel
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#117
“Life moves fast. As much as you can, learn from your history, you have to move forward.” – Eddie Vedder
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#118

“History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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#119
"On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born." - Alfred De Vigny
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#120
"When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents." - Allan Sherman
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