Whistle/history

Famous quotes containing the words whistle and/or history:

“Mother I longs to get married
I longs to be a bride
I longs to lay by that young man
And close to by his side”
—Unknown. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle (l. 1–4)

“The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)