HISTORY

Man learns from History that
Man does not learn from History. ……….Author Unknown

History is a set of lies agreed upon. …….Napoleon Bonaparte

History is the sum total of the things
that could have been avoided. ……Konrad Adenauer

History never looks like history
when you are living through it. ……..John W. Gardner

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. …….Sir Winston Churchill

Perhaps nobody has changed the course of History
as much as the historians. ………Franklin P. Jones

Every true History must force us to remember that the past
was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future. ……George Macaulay Trevelyan

People are trapped in history,
and history is trapped in them. ……..James Baldwin

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say,
are just fables that have been agreed upon. ……...Voltaire

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
More History is made by secret handshakes,
than by battles, bills, and proclamations. …….John Barth,

Sin writes Histories; Goodness is silent. ……..Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men have need of History because, without it,
the past threatens to overwhelm them. ………Guy Fregaull

History does not unfold: it piles up. ………Robert M. Adams,

Even the most painstaking History,
is a bridge across an eternal mystery. ……..Bruce Catton,

There is nothing more dangerous than History used as a defense,
or History used for preaching;
History used as a tool is no longer history. ……..Marcel Trudel

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time;
It illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life,
and brings us tidings of antiquity. ……..Cicero