Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. Aristotle on history
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle on history
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present. Joan Rivers on history
In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. Friedrich Nietzsche on history
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Robert Kennedy on history
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man. Henry David Thoreau on history
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. Robert Frost on history
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. Harry S. Truman on history
To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. Albert Camus on history
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. Theodore Roosevelt on history
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. George Bernard Shaw on history
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. Milton Friedman on history
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. Thomas Sowell on history
Live out of your imagination, not your history. Stephen Covey on history
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. Albert Camus on history
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. Theodore Roosevelt on history
Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go down in history. Steve Jobs on history
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. Margaret Thatcher on history
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. Plato on history