Prison/history

Famous quotes containing the words prison and/or history:

    Thus I alone, where all my freedom grew,
    In prison pine with bondage and restraint;
    And with remembrance of the greater grief
    To banish the less, I find my chief relief.
    Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey (1517?–1547)

    A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)