Famous quotes about history

1. History itself is a realistic part of natural history and a realistic part of the process of natural generation and human beings. ——Marx (Germany) "1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts"

2. History has no real scientific value, and its only purpose is to educate others. ——George Trevelyan (UK) "Cleo - A Muse"

3. History is nothing but the activities of people pursuing their own goals. ——Marx and Engels (Germany) "The Holy Family"

4. History is not only a valuable part of knowledge, but also opens the door to many other parts and provides information for many scientific fields. materials. ——Hume (UK) "On the Study of History"

5. History cannot be deceived for a long time, just as the people cannot be deceived for a long time. ——Hua Gang (middle) "The Overturning of Chinese History"

6. History appears from time to time as a mess of accidental events, like a rapidly turning torrent. ——Jaspers (Germany) "The History of Man"

7. History should not only eliminate prejudice, it should also breed enthusiasm. ——George Trevelyan (UK) "Cleo - A Muse"

8. The road of history is not always smooth, and sometimes it reaches a difficult and dangerous state. This is only possible through strong spirit. ——Li Daozhao (Modern) "The Difficult National Destiny and the Vigorous Nation"

9. The road of history is not the sidewalk on Nevsky Prospekt. It advances entirely in the fields, sometimes passing through dust, sometimes through Crossing mud, sometimes crossing swamps, sometimes walking through jungles. ——Chernyshevsky (Russia) "Chernyshevsky"

10. The first page of history begins with mutual suspicion, conspiracy and maneuvering. ——M. Zhochenko (Soviet Union) "A Light Blue Book"

11. The nobleness of history to a cause is judged by its results. ——Giovannioli (Italian) "Spartacus"

12. How ruthless and affectionate history is. We will not forget every contribution to history, nor tolerate every contribution to history. obstacle. ——Fan Wenlan (middle) "Selected Historical Essays of Fan Wenlan·The Historical Significance of the Reform Movement of 1898"

13. The best thing that history has given us is the enthusiasm it arouses. ——Goethe (Germany) "Goethe's Collection of Maxims and Reflections"

14. History and philosophy have many eternal responsibilities, and they are also simple responsibilities. ——Hugo (France) "Les Misérables"

15. History is not yet a science. It can be made like a science only through forgery and deletion. ——Russell (UK) "Liberty and Organization"

16. History will repeat itself. ——Thucydides (Ancient Greece) "History"

17. The historian's task is to distinguish between the real and the false, the certain and the uncertain, and the doubtful and unacceptable. ——Goethe (Germany) "Goethe's Maxims and Reflections"

18. The duty of historians is to be accurate, truthful, and unemotional; no matter inducements or threats, no matter hatred or hobbies, they cannot deviate from the truth. . ——Cervantes (Spain) "Don Quixote"

19. The most outstanding chance in history is the intermittent appearance of famous celebrities and great figures. ——Aaron Nivens (US) "Introduction to History"

20. Historical events are manifestations of human spiritual activities. …When historians study historical events, they must study what people thought. ——Collingwood (English) "The Concept of History"

21. History cannot accommodate lies... ——Tang·(Chinese) "Just Excess"

22. History is the guide for those who wander. ——Acton (English)

23. History is the biography of a country and mankind. ——Leo Tolstoy (Russia) "War and Peace"

24. History is the knowledge of humankind's past. ——Henry-Irene Malou (France) "History is like knowledge"

25. History is the teacher of life. —— Croce (Italian) "Theory and Practice of History"

26. History is the propaganda of the victor. ——Toynbee (English) "Toynbee on Toynbee"

27. What is history: It is the echo of the past into the future, and the future's reflection of the past.

——Hugo (France) "The Man Who Laughs"

28. History is the memory of things said and done. ——Carl Baker (US) "Everyone is his own historian"

29. History is written for living people. After the living people searched the pockets of the deceased, they stepped on the body of the deceased. ——Romain Rolland (France) "Mother and Son"

30. History is grim. History is not a little girl who can be dressed up. ——Gu Hua (middle) "Furong Town·Human Love·Ghost Love"

31. History is a play with no ending. Every ending is the beginning of a new plot of the play. ——Peter Hare (Netherlands) "Encountering in History"

32. History is a mirror, which illuminates reality and the future. ——Zhao Xinshan (middle) "Philosophy and the Contemporary World"

33. History is a mirror and a profound textbook. ——Liao Mosha (middle) "Liao Mosha's Recent Works·The Only Way to Take History"

34. History is created with passion and pain... ——Gorky (Soviet) "Krim· Samkin's Family"

35. History is the life of the dead reconstructed by the living and for the living. ——Raymond Aron (France) "Philosophy of History"

36. History is the reconstruction of the lives of the dead by and for the living. ——Raymond Aron (French historical philosopher)

37. History is the result of the cultural activities of intellectuals. ——Gorky (Soviet) "The Life of Klim Samkin"

38. History is sleeping, and time is awake; the world is sleeping, and you are awake. ——Love

39. Historians cannot allow the discipline of history to degenerate to such an extent that fabricated history becomes a tool to promote political myths. ——Ramila Thapar (India) "Sectarianism and the Writing of Indian History"

40. History takes human activities as its specific object. It thinks about thousands of years and sees thousands of miles. It is so varied and fascinating that it stimulates people's imagination more than other subjects. ——Mark Bloch

41. History should be the teacher of mankind. ——Herbart

42. History is always old, and a new life cannot be based on history, just as a new love cannot be the same as the old love. ——Hu Yepin (middle) "To Moscow"

43. There are two parts of history: one is an official, deceptive history, used as a textbook and read to the crown prince; the other is an official, deceptive history. It is a secret history that can reveal the real reasons for national events. It is a shameful history. ——Balzac (France) "Disillusionment"

44. History is like tragedy. Without lust, sin, and disaster, making waves in it, it will appear lifeless and boring. ——Voltaire (France) "The Innocent Man"

45. History has three different tasks, which we can call scientific, imaginative or speculative, and literary. ——George Trevelyan (UK) "Cleo - A Muse"

46. History has its own life. It is like a person, easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu (middle) "Artistic Creation Project"

47. History can also teach us the relativity of wisdom and value. ——Moloya (France) "Books Stay with You for a Lifetime"

48. History breeds truth; it can compete with time and preserve the past; it is a sign of the past and a reminder of the present. A warning, a lesson for future generations. ——Cervantes (Spain) "Don Quixote"

49. History shows a dialogue between the present and the past, in which the present takes and maintains the initiative. ——Raymond Aron (France) "Philosophy of History"

50. History is just a series of pictures of sins and disasters. There has always been no place for those who keep themselves safe and innocent on the big stage. ——Voltaire (France) "The Innocent Man"

51. Historical writings have a beginning and an end, but the events they describe do not. ——Collingwood (English) "Autobiography"

52. History always serves life. It provides examples, evaluates the past, or places the current moment in generation-evolution. ——Raymond Aron (France) "Philosophy of History"

53. The road is made by feet, and history is written by people. Every step a person takes is writing his or her own history.

——Ji Hongchang (Qing Dynasty) "Ji Hongchang"

54. Every real history is modern history. —— Croce (Italian) "The Theory and Practice of History"

55. The specific history of mankind, if there is one, must be the history of all people and must also be all the hopes of mankind. , a history of struggle and suffering. ——Pope (UK) "Open Society and Its Enemies"

56. The history of mankind is a history of continuous development from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom. ——Mao Zedong (middle) "Zhou Enlai's Report at the First Session of the Third National People's Congress"

57. Human history patiently waits for the victory of the insulted. —— Rabindranath Tagore (India) "The Birds"

58. The further away from animals in the narrow sense, the more consciously people create their own history. Unforeseen effects and uncontrollable forces have an impact on this history. The smaller the influence of history, the more consistent the results of history are with the intended purpose. ——Engels

59. People create their own history by each person pursuing his own and consciously desired goals, regardless of the outcome of this history, and these many desires that act in different directions And the results of its various influences on the external world are history. ——Engels

60. Everyone is his own historian. ——Carl Baker (US) "Selected Works on Modern Western History"

61. The bloody battle of life and the history of progress are just like the formation of coal. A large amount of wood was used at that time, but the result was a small piece. coal. ——Lu Xun

62. History is also a chronicler. From and holding the middle, Zhongzhengye. ——Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jiezi"

63. Historical talents must have three strengths. There is no one like him in the world, so there are few historical talents. The three strengths are talent, learning and knowledge. ——"Old Book of Tang·Biography of Liu Zixuan"

64. Historians know how to govern the world. ——Zeng Gong's "Preface to the Book of Southern Qi"

65. The history of death will be resurrected, and the past history will become the present. This is because the development of life requires them. —— Croce (Italian) "The Theory and Practice of History"

66. Those who live in the past know the present. ——"Da Dai Li Ji Bao Fu"

67. Forgetting history means betrayal. ——Lenin

68. Our history is an extremely precious heritage that we should be proud of. ——Wu Han (middle) "Study Collection·On the Popularization of Historical Knowledge"

69. We never thought of doubting or despising the "revelation of history"; history is everything to us. ——Engels

70. We only know one and only science-history. ——Marx's "German Ideology"

71. Studying history is a good medicine for treating spiritual diseases. ——Livy (Ancient Rome) "Luo Cai"

72. By making history our own, we will move from history to eternity. ——Jaspers (Germany) "The History of Man"

73. Compared with nature, history is more harsh and cruel to human emotions. Nature requires people to be content only with their natural instincts, while history forces people to reason. ——Gorky (Soviet) "The Life of Klim Samkin"

74. No matter what family you are in, having the necessary historical knowledge will be of great benefit and no harm. ——Ren Jiyu (middle) "Love for the motherland is the real driving force for learning"

75. Those who do not respect history are doomed to repeat historical mistakes. ——Santaya

76. Reading history can make you wise. ——Francis Bacon

77. Anyone who can distinguish who is whispering in a dynasty and hear what he whispers in the ears of the ruler has this kind of A capable person is a true historian. ——Hugo (France) "The Laughing Man"

78. Historians, therefore, record the gains and losses of political laws and regulations, the success and failure of affairs, and the evil and righteousness of people, to highlight The good and the evil are the law and precepts for all ages. This is why the sage's economics governs the world and does not suffer from it or destroys it. It can only be maintained by history. ——Dai Mingshi's "Nanshan Collection·Historical Theory"

79. The so-called good historian in ancient times must be clear enough to understand the principles of all things, his way must be enough for the people to serve the world, and his wisdom must be enough. To understand the meaning that is difficult to understand, the writing must be enough to convey the difficult to express the feelings, but it can be said to be easy to understand. ——"Preface to the Book of Southern Qi"

80. The future looks upon the present as the present looks upon the past.

——Ban Gu (Han) "Book of Han·Jingfang Biography"

81. Even if a genius is born, his first cry is the same as that of an ordinary child. It is by no means a good song. poetry. ——Lu Xun

82. Study the relationship between heaven and man, and understand the changes in ancient and modern times. ——Sima Qian (Han) "Report to Ren Shaoqing"

83. The old history, with its poems, paintings, and gentlemen and villains, must die! New history must be born from blood! ——Lao She (middle) "Four Generations Under One Roof"

84. It is said that history likes to play tricks on people and make fun of people. I was supposed to go to this room, but ended up in another room. ——Lenin

85. The history of science, in a sense, is the history of illusions and failures, the history of great fools working clumsily and inefficiently. ——Torahiko Terada (Japan) "Scientists and Minds"

86. On the one hand, history refers to events, that is, the process of human events; on the other hand, it refers to the reporting of historical facts, that is, The inquiries that historians engage in and the records they keep. ——Louis O. Mink (UK)

87. A person who does not understand the history before his birth will always be a child. ——Cicero

88. All history is contemporary history. ——Croce

89. Those who doubt the present look at the past, and those who do not know the future look at the past. ——Guanzi (Warring States) "Guanzi·Situation"

90. Language is really a strange thing. Sometimes it becomes a kind of spell. As long as it is spit out gently, it can hold up an annihilated world. , opens a floodgate of life. ——Yu Qiuyu

91. Just as philosophy is the study of other people’s misunderstandings, history is the study of other people’s mistakes. ——Philip Goodell (English) "Supporter and Superman"

92. To cling to the past and use the present as a rope is to slander the present; to cling to the present and use the ancient as a rule is to slander the past. ——Wei Yuan (Qing Dynasty) "Mogu·Zhi Chapter 5"

93. As long as we all respect history, we will definitely be able to get the truth. ——Liao Mosha (middle) "Selected Recent Works of Liao Mosha·About Two Essays I Wrote in the 1930s"

94. Only biographies are true history. ——Carlyle (UK) "Journalism Review"

95. Writing history is a way to get rid of the past. ——Goethe (Germany) "Goethe's Maxims and Reflections"