If you love learning about history, then take a read through these quotes about the subject, curated by the Typerse review team.
Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde
I can’t change history, I don’t want to change history. I can only change the future. I’m working on that. Boris Becker
Many of the greatest crimes in history were caused not by hatred, but rather by indifference. They were caused by people who could have done something, but did not even bother lifting a finger. So don’t wait. Get out there. Go and vote. Yuval Noah Harari
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx
History is a set of lies agreed upon. Napoleon Bonaparte
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. C. Wright Mills
Be honest. We have the science, the technology, and the wealth. What we don’t have is the will, and that’s not a reason that history will accept. Bono
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. B. C. Forbes
I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history. Daisaku Ikeda
There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made. Michelle Obama
Life moves fast. As much as you can, learn from your history, you have to move forward. Eddie Vedder
We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we make today. Henry Ford
To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. Hermann Hesse
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. Lord Acton
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. Hermann Hesse
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. Karl Marx
The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces – in nature, in society, in man himself. Leon Trotsky
The history of the world is the biography of the great man. And I said: The great man always act like a thunder. He storms the skies, while others are waiting to be stormed. Thomas Carlyle
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. Mason Cooley
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