„History has been too often a picture of the bloody stream. The history of civilization is a record of what happened on the banks.“

— Will Durant

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„History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.“
— James Baldwin
„Things just happen, one after another. They don't care who knows. But… ah, history is different. History has to be observed. Otherwise it's not history. It's just… well, things happening one after another.“
— Terry Pratchett