Whistle/history

Famous quotes containing the words whistle and/or history:

“I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

“Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.”
—G.M. (George Macaulay)