| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | History |
| | | Happy the land which has nothing for history. French wit. | 1 |
| History is philosophy teaching by examples. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. | 2 |
| History repeats itself. | 3 |
| History, which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Gibbon. | 4 | | |
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