History Quote by E. M. Cioran

“I love reading (and writing) historical fiction.”

— Barbara Carney-Coston

“It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the…

— Reginald Rose

“I have always thought that if I had been allowed to read history more constantly, instead of losing my time in studies for which…

— Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon

“Reading history is good for all of us. If you know history, you know that there is no such thing as a self-made man…

— Anonymous

“My fascination with history is as much about the present as it is about the past.”

— Sara Sheridan

“I only have one prejudice, and that is against those who are prejudiced.”

— Anonymous

“History was like looking into others’ lives, learning how they lived, what they did, how they thought, and even how they loved.”

— Max Vos

“I think literature reveals more about us than history does.”

— Susan Meissner

“Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.”

— Joanne M. Harris

“I entreat my readers, besides the Bible and the Articles, to read history.”

— J.C. Ryle

“History sits on our shoulders, while reading opens our hearts.”

— Jerry Spinelli

“History tends to play games with the truth, but at least it does so with a flourish.”

— Mitch Rowland