Quotes about history and historians

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"History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead."

Voltaire on history and historians

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"History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes."

Voltaire on history and historians

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"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."

Washington, George on history and historians
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"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."

Wells, H.G. on history and historians

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"Human history in essence is the history of ideas."

Wells, H.G. on history and historians

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"History is a race between education and catastrophe."

Wells, H.G. on history and historians
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"To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture."

Wilde, Oscar on history and historians