History Quote by Leonard Cohen

The history of mankind for the last four centuries is rather like that of an imprisoned sleeper, stirring clumsily and uneasily while the prison…

— H. G. Wells

“History is a bunk on which I am trying to awaken”

— John Sladek

“History is a tissue of base and cruel acts in the midst of which a few drops of purity sparkle at long intervals.”

— Simone Weil

[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the imagination of the living.

— William Carlos Williams

I was very interested in history, but I also thought, you know, history is not that interesting sometimes, and it can feel a bit…

— Min Jin Lee

History is a bath of blood.

— William James

History can be a weapon, and it can be used against you.

— James W. Loewen

History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.

— Voltaire

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will…

— Anonymous

History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness.…

— Paul Valery

History paints the human heart.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from.

— John Still