Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-03-17 Mar 15, 2002Within seven centuries, [the ancient Greeks] invented for itself, epic, elegy, lyric, tragedy, novel, democratic government, political and economic science, history, geography, philosophy, physics and biology; and made revolutionary advances in architecture, sculpture, painting, music, oratory, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, anatomy, engineering, law and war... a stupendous feat for whose most brilliant state Attica was the size of Hertfordshire, with a free population (including children) of perhaps 160,000.~ F. J. Lucas Mar 14, 2002History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.~ Thomas JeffersonAge after age has passed away, for no other purpose than to behold their wretchedness.~ Thomas Paine Mar 13, 2002History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.~ Sir Winston ChurchillHistory is written by the victor.~ Latin Proverb Mar 12, 2002History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.~ Napoleon BonaparteHistory does not move by leaps into unrelated novelty, but rather by the selective emphasis of aspects of its own immediate past.~ Julian Jaynes Mar 11, 2002Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ George SantayanaIt is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for.~ Ayn Rand Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print