Chemistry Quote by Paul Valery

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 justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.

— Paul Valery

The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences, and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone.

— Gerda Lerner

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when…

— Anonymous

History is a condensation of all of our greatest triumphs and all of our worst mistakes. Perhaps,by studying,it we can better ourselves as a…

— Albert Ong

The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and…

— Anonymous

History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.

— David Hume

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it…

— Henry Steele Commager

History is not truth versus falsehoods, but a mixture of both, a mélange of tendencies, reactions, dreams, errors, and power plays. What's important is…

— Gretel Ehrlich

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world…

— Howard Nemerov

History is merciless. History doesn't care if we pound our society down a rat hole. It's up to us to make more intelligent choices…

— James Howard Kunstler