The individual person, I think, most of all determines what will happen. There is a “looseness” in the joining together of happenings so that a certain past does not necessarily mean a certain future. An unexpected turn can be given to history by just one person’s beliefs, character, and way of life.
History Quotes
Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what happened, but of what men believe happened.
The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in the middle.
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
‘History,’ Stephen said, ‘is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.’
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Historic continuity with the past is not a duty, it is only a necessity.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
The use of history is to give value to the present hour and its duty.
