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)

“Perhaps universal history is the history of the diverse intonation of some metaphors.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)