1. History and philosophy have many eternal responsibilities, and they are also simple responsibilities. ——Hugo?

2. History always serves life. It provides examples, evaluates the past, or places the current moment in generation-evolution. ——Raymond Aron?

3. History has three different tasks, which we can call scientific, imaginative or speculative, and literary. ——George Cuvelyan?

4. History is a mirror and a profound textbook. ——Liao Mosha?

5. The specific history of mankind, if there is one, must be the history of all people, and it must also be the history of all human hopes, struggles and sufferings. ——Pop?

6. By making history our own, we will move from history to eternity. ——Jaspers?

7. History shows a dialogue between the present and the past, in which the present takes and maintains the initiative. ——Raymond Aron?

8. History is the guide for the wanderer. ——Acton?

9. History is like tragedy. Without lust, sin, and disasters, making waves in it, it would appear lifeless and boring. ——Voltaire?

10. History will repeat itself. ——Thucydides?

11. History is the life of the dead reconstructed by the living and for the living. ——Raymond Aron?

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

13. Every true history is modern history. —— Croce?

14. History is the reconstruction of the lives of the dead by and for the living. ——Raymond Aron?

15. What is history: It is the echo of the past to the future, and the future’s reflection of the past. ——Hugo?

16. It is said that history likes to play tricks on people and joke with people. I was supposed to go to this room, but ended up in another room. ——Lenin?

17. The task of the historian is to distinguish between the real and the false, the certain and the uncertain, and the doubtful and unacceptable. ——Goethe?

18. 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?

19. History is not yet a science. It can be made like a science only through forgery and deletion. ——Russell?

20. Only biography is true history. ——Carlyle?

21. History is nothing but the activities of people pursuing their own goals. ——Marx and Engels?

22. Historical writings have a beginning and an end, but the events they describe do not. ——Collingwood?

23. 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?

24. Study the relationship between heaven and man and understand the changes in ancient and modern times. ——Sima Qian?

25. All history is contemporary history. —— Croce?

26. History has its own life, it is like a person, easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu?

27. The duty of historians is to be accurate and truthful without being emotional; no matter inducements, threats, no matter hatred or hobbies, they cannot deviate from the truth. ——Cervantes?

28. History breeds truth; it can compete with time and preserve the past; it is a sign of the past, a warning for the present, and a lesson for future generations. ——Cervantes?

29. History appears from time to time as a mess of accidental events, like a rapidly turning torrent. —— Jaspers?

30. History should not only eliminate prejudice, it should also breed enthusiasm. ——George Cuvelyan?

31. History has no real scientific value. Its only purpose is to educate others. ——George Cuvelyan?

32. 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?

33. As long as we all respect history, we will be able to get the truth. ——Liao Mosha?

34. History is not only a valuable part of knowledge, but also opens the door to many other parts and provides materials for many scientific fields. ——Hume?

35. To cling to the past and use it as a guide to the present is to slander the present; to cling to the present as a rule to the ancient is to slander the past. ——Wei Yuan?

36. 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?

37. History takes human activities as a specific object. It has thoughts for thousands of years, sees thousands of miles, and is fascinating. Therefore, it is more interesting than other disciplines. Can stimulate people's imagination.

——Mark Bloch?

38. The old history, with its poetry and paintings, and the gentlemen and villains, must die! New history must be born from blood! ——Lao She?

39. Language is really a strange thing. Sometimes it becomes a kind of spell. As long as you spit it out gently, you can lift up an annihilated world and open a floodgate of life. ——Yu Qiuyu?

40. History itself is a realistic part of natural history and a realistic part of the process of natural generation becoming human. ——Marx?

41. 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?

42. History is the biography of a country and mankind. ——Leo Tolstoy?

43. History cannot be deceived for a long time, just like the people cannot be deceived for a long time. ——Hua Gang?

44. How ruthless and affectionate history is. We will not forget every contribution to history, nor tolerate every obstacle to history. ——Fan Wenlan?

45. Those who do not respect history are destined to repeat historical mistakes. ——Santaya?

46. History is the teacher of life. ——Croce?

47. The first page of history begins with mutual suspicion, conspiracy and manipulation. ——M. Zochenko?

48. History is the result of the cultural activities of intellectuals. ——Gorky?

49. History is a play with no ending. Every ending is the beginning of a new plot of the play. ——Peter Hale?

50. The most outstanding chance in history is the intermittent appearance of famous celebrities and great figures. ——Alan Nivens?

51. History is the memory of things said and done. ——Carl Baker?

52. History is asleep, and time is awake; the world is asleep, and you are awake. ——Love?

53. The most outstanding chance in history is the intermittent appearance of famous celebrities and great figures. ——Alan Nivens?

54. Our history is an extremely precious heritage that we should be proud of. ——Wu Han?

55. History is a mirror, it illuminates reality and the future. ——Zhao Xinshan?

56. 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?

57. History is evolving, but sometimes it always feels like it is repeating the past. ——Liao Mosha?

58. History is the knowledge of human beings’ past. ——Henry Irene Maru?

59. Just as philosophy is the study of other people’s misunderstandings, history is the study of other people’s mistakes. ——Philip Goodell?

60. Writing history is a way to get rid of the past. ——Goethe?

61. History can teach us the relativity of wisdom and value. ——Moloya?

62. The history of mankind is a history of continuous development from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom. ——Anonymous?

63. The best thing history has given us is the enthusiasm it inspires. ——Goethe?

64. The nobleness of history to a cause is judged by its results. ——Giovannioli?

65. 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 Dazhao?