historians

History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.

The history of almost every civilization furnishes examples of geographical expansion coinciding with deterioration in quality.

History n: an account mostly false of events mostly unimportant which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves and soldiers mostly fools.

Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

History is not another name for the past as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

When the historian Charles A. Beard was asked about the lessons from history he said there were four: 1. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. 2. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power. 3. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceeding small. 4. When it is dark enough you can see the stars.

The rich experience of history teaches that up to now not a single class has voluntarily made way for another class.

War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading.

The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from.

The historical sense involves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence.

Give the historians something to write about.

History is past politics and politics present history.

Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all the conscientious historian will correct these defects.