History is a process of constant interaction between historians and facts, an endless dialogue between the present and the past. ——Karl
History does not repeat, but it rhymes. --mark. Twain
All history is modern history. —— Croce
All history is subjective. In other words, there is no history; all we have is biography. ——Emerson
All history is the history of ideas. ——Ke Lingwu
What is history: It is the echo from the past to the future, and the future’s reflection of the past. ——Hugo
History is a set of lies that feed each other. ——Napoleon
The only lesson that history can teach us is that history cannot teach us any lessons. ——Hegel
Using history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. ——Taizong of the Tang Dynasty
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, "Don Quixote"
Writing history is a way to get rid of the past. ——Goethe
History is different from novels in that its creed does not lie in moving towards ideal beauty. ——Foreword to Balzac's "The Human Comedy"
The historian is the spirit of the nation and the lesson learned from the crowd.
——Preface to "General History of Taiwan" by Lian Heng