People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.

创造历史的人对历史一无所知。你可以从他们创造的历史中看到这一点。

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.

就我个人而言，如果有来生，我将会很高兴，特别是如果它允许我继续了解这个世界和其他人，如果它给我一个机会去发现历史的结果。

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

没有科学史的科学哲学是空洞的;没有科学哲学的科学史是盲目的。

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

诗歌比历史更优美，更富有哲理;因为诗歌表达的是普遍性，而历史只表达的是特殊性。

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

诗歌比历史更接近重要的真理。

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

在历史的呼吸空间里，政治可以相对公平;在其关键的转折点上，除了旧的规则外，没有其他规则是可能的，即目的证明手段是正当的。

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.

子孙后代和其他人一样有可能犯错。

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

心理学一直在为人性辩护。历史一直在破坏这一努力。

Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.

在广播电视史上，很少有这么多依靠几千个手腕的异想天开的轻弹。

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

不读历史，只读传记，因为传记是没有理论的生活。

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.

请记住，在历史上的每一个个案中，适应的过程都是极其缓慢的。不要寻找不可能的事，但不要让你的道路偏离你的安静和坚定的坚持，充分的机会为你的力量。

Respond to your ability, play your part and make your mark in history.

发挥你的能力，发挥你的作用，在历史上留下你的印记。

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

自从我们有了历史以来，人类一直在追求不朽的理想。

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day.

先生，在这场辩论的早期阶段，人们曾提到，在主日运送邮件的问题上，一度在全国相当大一部分地区弥漫着激动的情绪。

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

怀疑主义在历史和哲学中都是一种美德。