The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
The past has an undeniable grip on everyone, except, perhaps, amnesiacs.
One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.
History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.
Whole generations have forgotten history.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
We can't let the past be forgotten.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
It seems like people don't learn from the past.
There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.