History Lesson

Famous quotes containing the words history and/or lesson:

“The history of a soldier’s wound beguiles the pain of it.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)