History Quote by Robert Lynd

[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.

— Robert Staughton Lynd

“It is part of the fascination of the study of history that we often know more about what went on a hundred years ago…

— William Stewart Wallace 1932

“A tolerably extensive reading of campaigns and military histories justifies me in saying that such an exhibition of unsuspicious security in the presence of…

— Warren Olney

“A life made up of advances that were actually frantic retreats and victories that were concealed defeats.”

— Bernhard Schlink

One must overcome history by dogma.

— Henry Edward Manning

“History had a way of playing cruel tricks on those who chased it.”

— Dan Brown Angels and Demons

“Nowadays our sense of history is being destroyed by the nature of our history - our memory is short and it grows shorter under…

— Lionel Trilling

“History is chronicled by conquerors.”

— J. Tullos Hennig

“It's the story of how I went from being lionized for helping bring the snipers to justice to being vilified for writing a book…

— Charles A. Moose

“These difficult battles are strengthened by a very long view that sees our role as protecting the present, the future, and the 7th generation.”

— Tom Goldtooth

“Most histories are written by the winners of conflicts, but those written by the losers—if they survive—are often more interesting.”

— Brian Herbert

“The Lessons of History, a 104-page distillation of the major forces through history by Will and Ariel Durant,”

— Ray Dalio