Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.

Pat Riley has lost three of four in the first round. I guess [Rivers has] got to study history a little more.