Relax, laugh and have a good time with these funny quotes about history, all curated by the Mediajist review team.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. Anatole France
Hindsight is the historian’s necessary vice. Hilary Mantel
On human stupidity: It is one of the most powerful forces that shape history. Yuval Noah Harari
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. A. J. P. Taylor
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there. George Santayana
When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents. Allan Sherman
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. Ambrose Bierce
I felt like a pickle stepping into history. Bill Clinton
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. C. S. Lewis
People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line. Dean Kamen
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. E. L. Doctorow
Anyone who believes you can’t change history has never tried to write his memoirs. David Ben Gurion
Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect. Emily Blunt
Every historian discloses a new horizon. George Sand
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. Max Eastman
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. H. L. Mencken
Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people’s thoughts. Hilary Mantel
Yeah, I read history. But it doesn’t make you nice. Hitler read history, too. Joan Rivers
History can bring luck: this is what we can call optimism. Stephane Hessel
You don’t hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. Stephen Ambrose
I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it. Kanye West
The historian is a prophet looking backward. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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