“History, a distillation of rumour.”– Thomas Carlyle Related Quotes “Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.”– Aristotle “If you think you have it tough, read history books.”– Bill Maher “All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.”– Honore de Balzac