The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words-that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.

Предмет истории есть жизнь народов и человечества. Непосредственно уловить и обнять словом - описать жизнь не только человечества, но одного народа, - представляется невозможным.

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

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Topic

History

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

War and Peace

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Война и миръ [War and Peace]." The Russian Messenger, 1865-1867. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

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Leo Tolstoy
Source
Anna Karenina
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1877 1870s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Another quote from the 1860s

England is the mother of parliaments.

John Bright

Speech in Birmingham, January 18, 1865

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England Government
Speaker
John Bright
Source
Speech in Birmingham, January 18, 1865
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bright, John. Speech in Birmingham. 18 Jan. 1865, Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK.

Another quote about History

Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

Karl Marx

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

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History repeating itself History

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Karl Marx
Source
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Medium
Essay
Genre
Historical literature Political literature
Language
German
Time
1852 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl. "Der 18te Brumaire des Louis Napoleon [The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon]." Die Revolution [The Revolution], 1852.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon." The Political Writings, edited by David Fernbach. Verso, 2019.

Another quote originally in Russian

Everyone has something to hide.

Anton Chekhov

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Secrets

Author

Anton Chekhov
Medium
Personal journal
Language
Russian
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Personal notebook entry. c. 1904.