The following are some famous sayings about keeping history in mind:

1. Never forget the past and learn from the future.

2. History has its own life. It is like a person, easy-going and self-respecting.

3. History is the teacher of life.

4. History is the propaganda of the victor.

5. Reading history makes people wise, reading poetry makes people smart, mathematics makes people thoughtful, science makes people profound, ethics makes people solemn, logic and rhetoric make people eloquent. Become a character.

6. Only biographies are true history.

7. There is no choice in history. If the things that should be recorded cannot be recorded intact, then there will be no difference between the pen and the sword.

8. History is not only a valuable part of knowledge, but also opens the door to many other parts and provides material for many scientific fields.

9. History is the knowledge of mankind’s past.

10. History is the old ruins of theory.

Idioms about history

1. Returning the jade to Zhao intact: It is a metaphor for returning the original thing to oneself in its entirety.

2. Besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao: refers to the method used by the Qi army to besiege Wei during the Warring States Period, forcing Wei to withdraw its troops attacking Zhao and thus saving Zhao.

3. To retreat: a metaphor for taking the initiative to give in without fighting.

4. Self-recommendation: It is a metaphor for volunteering or recommending oneself to take on important responsibilities and do things.

5. Asking for forgiveness under the thorns: It means admitting one's mistakes and apologizing to others.

6. Talking on paper: It is a metaphor for empty talk and cannot solve practical problems.

7. Work in one go: It is a metaphor for taking advantage of the strong energy and mustering up the energy to finish the work in one go.

8. Sleeping on the fuel and tasting the courage: describes a person who works hard and strives for self-improvement.

9. Referring to a deer as a horse: a metaphor that confuses right and wrong and confuses right and wrong.

10. Burn books and trap scholars: Burn books and trap scholars.

11. Tuqiongdijian: It means that when things develop to the end, the truth or original intention is revealed.

12. Besieged on all sides: describes a very dangerous situation, with enemies on all sides and nowhere to escape.

13. The third chapter of the contract: originally refers to making a law and agreeing to abide by it; later refers to the conditions and principles agreed in advance.

14. A last-ditch battle: a metaphor for a fight to the death with the enemy.

15. Burn the cauldron: It is a metaphor for leaving no way out, having to win the battle, and being determined to fight to the end regardless.

16. Secretly crossing Chencang: a metaphor for using false appearances to achieve a certain goal.

17. Ambush from ten sides: refers to setting up ambush on ten sides to surround and annihilate the enemy.

18. Throwing pen and joining the army: It is a metaphor for abandoning literature and turning to martial arts, joining the battlefield and serving the country.

19. Horsehide wrapping: Wrapping the body with horsehide usually refers to soldiers who died on the battlefield.

20. The more the better: It describes that the more the better. It is generally used when the demand for things is large but the number of resources is small.

21. Be stronger when you are old: Although you are old, your body is still strong and your spirit is getting younger.

22. Do one’s best: Refers to being cautious and dedicating all one’s energy.

23. Three visits to the thatched cottage: It describes someone who is thirsty for talent. Later, it was used as a metaphor for many dedicated visits.

24. Boiling beans and burning bean sprouts: a metaphor for killing each other.

25. Look at others with admiration: It means that others have made progress and you can no longer look at them with the same old eyes.

26. Being happy but forgetting about Shu: It is a metaphor for being happy and forgetting to return, or being happy and forgetting one’s origins and being nostalgic for one’s hometown or local accent. The above are just some of the idioms about history. There are many other idioms that are also related to history.