1．History is the essence of innumerable biographies.
历史是无数传记的精华。 —Thomas Carlyle
2．History is a philosophy taught by examples.
历史是用事例教育人的哲学。 —Dionysius
3．The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.
我们从历史中得到的唯一教训就是我们从没在历史中得到任何教训。 —George Bernard Shaw
4．History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
历史只不过是人们对于过去所发生的事有所认同。 —Napoleon Bonaparte
