Collections Quote by Voltaire

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

— Voltaire

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

— Pierre Bayle

Sometimes it's about the economic situation and sometimes it's about the fear of others. Sometimes it's about protecting the generally accepted values. If you…

— Philippe Falardeau

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

— John Smith

History is but the record of the public and official acts of human beings. It is our object, therefore, to humanize our history and…

— Bill Nye

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

— Ambrose Bierce

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

— Voltaire

Historyis nothing other than a collection of the lives of people, some of them great, some of them ordinarynothing other than a collection of…

— Artur Davis

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 a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

— David McCullough

History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to…

— Carl Sandburg

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

— Johan Huizinga