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