History Quote by Mark Rosen

“H. W. Longfellow, “If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough…

— William Ury

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart, The secret anniversaries of the heart… —HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW This”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“ He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ”

— Jack Canfield

“There is a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret. Dare- and the world yields. How quickly they forget that all it takes…

— Captain Price

“After all, life was like that for most of us – the small unpleasantnesses rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather…

— Barbara Pym

“The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead…

— Walter Benjamin

“history is one sided, none of the stories are wholly true.  We only hear the stories the victor wants told.  The remaining stories, the…

— H.K. Savage

“It seemed impossible that men with hearts and brains were capable of it. Such devastation of cities, so many innocent lives lost. It seemed…

— Elizabeth Berg

“Finally, he pulled out Edmond’s cell phone and reread the Winston Churchill screen-saver quote about shaping one’s own legacy. History will be kind to…

— Dan Brown

“Henry of England had all the virtues and all the faults, and solved the contradiction by making scapegoats and sin-eaters of half his entourage.”

— Dorothy Dunnett

“In Norman’s mind, there were no enemies in war. Just victims. Victims of historical process. Heavy”

— Joe Haldeman