Quotations About History
The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums.
Arthur Koestler
Janus: A Summing Up
Janus: A Summing Up
Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history.
Pieter Geyl
Debates With Historians
Debates With Historians
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
Honoré De Balzac
Catherine de Medici expliquée, Souverain
Catherine de Medici expliquée, Souverain
The stench of the trail of Ego in our History. It is ego - ego, the fountain cry, origin, sole source of war.
George Meredith
Beauchamp's Career
Beauchamp's Career
You can never plan the future by the past.
Edmund Burke
History is written by the victors.
Winston Churchill
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.
Oscar Wilde
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
David C. McCullough