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title: "24 History Men Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [There is a history in all men's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-is-a-history-in-all-men-s-lives/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“The history of men is reflected in the history of sewers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-history-of-men-is-reflected-in-the-history-of-sewers/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-frankfurter/there-is-no-inevitability-in-history-except-as-men-make-it/)

[Felix Frankfurter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-frankfurter/)

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> [Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/since-we-have-had-a-history-men-have-pursued-an-ideal-of-immortality/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

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> [In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/in-the-course-of-history-men-come-to-see-that-iron-necessity-is/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that men never learn anything from history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/hegel-was-right-when-he-said-that-we-learn-from-history-that-men/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-history-of-the-world-is-the-history-of-a-few-men-who-had-faith-in-2/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-chamfort/only-the-history-of-free-peoples-is-worth-our-attention-the-history/)

[Nicolas Chamfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-chamfort/)

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> [We shall not understand the history of men and other times unless we ourselves are alive to the requirements which that history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedetto-croce/we-shall-not-understand-the-history-of-men-and-other-times-unless-we/)

[Benedetto Croce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedetto-croce/)

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> [“Throughout history, the men competing to shape the future had collected lost sheep to use as pawns in their game, cannon fodder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-chercover/throughout-history-the-men-competing-to-shape-the-future-had/)

[Sean Chercover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-chercover/)

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> [In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-fossella/in-the-annals-of-history-few-men-have-left-a-more-positive-imprint-on/)

[Vito Fossella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-fossella/)

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> [“History is what men choose to remember. Truth is what a man cannot forget.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-sotto/history-is-what-men-choose-to-remember-truth-is-what-a-man-cannot/)

[Samantha Sotto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-sotto/)

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> [My argument is that history is made by men and women, just as it can also be unmade and rewritten, always with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-said/my-argument-is-that-history-is-made-by-men-and-women-just-as-it-can/)

[Edward Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-said/)

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> [“It's a shame for a woman's history to be all about men-first boys, then other boys, then men, men, men. It reminds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-s-a-shame-for-a-woman-s-history-to-be-all-about-men-first-boys/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

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> [The cause doesn't have to be righteous and battle doesn't have to be winnable; but over and over again throughout history, men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-junger/the-cause-doesn-t-have-to-be-righteous-and-battle-doesn-t-have-to-be/)

[Sebastian Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-junger/)

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> [ “I'm sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men \[sic\] who made war as you study an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/golda-meir/i-m-sure-that-someday-children-in-schools-will-study-the-history-of/)

[Golda Meir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/golda-meir/)

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> [English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/english-history-is-all-about-men-liking-their-fathers-and-american/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

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> [Almost all the voices in history have been men, but on this one question of gender, men don't talk about it. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-marche/almost-all-the-voices-in-history-have-been-men-but-on-this-one/)

[Stephen Marche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-marche/)

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> [“We shall not understand the history of men and of other times unless we ourselves are alive to the requirements which that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedetto-croce/we-shall-not-understand-the-history-of-men-and-of-other-times-unless/)

[Benedetto Croce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedetto-croce/)

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> [From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/from-their-experience-or-from-the-recorded-experience-of-others/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [It's a shame for women's history to be all about men--first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-s-a-shame-for-women-s-history-to-be-all-about-men-first-boys-then/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

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> [The effect on men has been very bad, too, of the omission of women's history, because men have been given the impression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerda-lerner/the-effect-on-men-has-been-very-bad-too-of-the-omission-of-women-s/)

[Gerda Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerda-lerner/)

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> [“Men recorded their experiences and called it history; men looked about the world and called their observations science; men wondered about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-tschirhart-sanford/men-recorded-their-experiences-and-called-it-history-men-looked-about/)

[Linda Tschirhart Sanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-tschirhart-sanford/)

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> [“If there was a lesson to be taken from history, it was that men lived but never learned from”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alanna-knight/if-there-was-a-lesson-to-be-taken-from-history-it-was-that-men-lived/)

[Alanna Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alanna-knight/)

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