Gender Quote by Jane Austen

I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels…

— Jane Austen

“History is not a dead thing or a sure thing. It lived with our choices and our dreams. It is the story of our…

— Joan Nestle

“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

“For some, history is a drab and dusty subject; for me it is a powerful stimulant, arousing our passions about past injustices and infusing…

— Anonymous

“History reminds us of the inherent weakness in the human condition and the very real possibility that our fellow human beings are capable of…

— John Fea

“It is my prejudice against everything that turns out well that has given me a taste for reading history.”

— E. M. Cioran

“There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past.”

— Sarah Dessen

“You are fond of history! And so are Mr. Allen and my father; and I have two brothers who do not dislike it. So…

— Jane Austen

“We shall not understand the history of men and of other times unless we ourselves are alive to the requirements which that history satisfied,…

— Benedetto Croce

“Actually I am a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect 'history' to be anything but a 'long defeat'…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“History – An account mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“I never thought that history would become one of my life's passions. I never even liked history when I was at school, apart from…

— Barbara Quick