Famous quotes containing the words history of, history and/or century:
“There is no history of how bad became better.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in this week, the world is bigger, infinitely.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)
“Put your shoulder to the wheel.”
—Aesop (6th century B.C.)