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)
“There is a history in all men’s lives,
Figuring the natures of the times deceased,
The which observed, a man may prophesy,
With a near aim, of the main chance of things
As yet not come to life.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.”
—Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.)