Famous quotes containing the words history of, history and/or century:
“Indeed, the Englishman’s history of New England commences only when it ceases to be New France.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The history of a soldier’s wound beguiles the pain of it.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.”
—Lao-Tzu (6th century B.C.)