Art Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

History after all is the true poetry.

— Thomas Carlyle

“History describes what has happened, poetry what might. Hence poetry is something more philosophic and serious than history; for poetry speaks of what is…

— Aristotle

History, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

History is a capricious creature. It depends on who writes it.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right.

— Thomas Carlyle

What is commonly called literary history is actually a record of choices.

— Louise Bernikow

When the exceptional historian comes along, you have a poet.

— Melvin B. Tolson

History is the new poetry.

— Thomas Carlyle

“If history, as by most definitions, begins with writing, then the birth, rise and fall of ancient Mesopotamia occupies a full half of all…

— Paul Kriwaczek

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.

— Oscar Wilde

History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

— A. L. Rowse

“All that we call sacred history attests that the birth of a poet is the principal event in chronology.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson