We have a collection of 2 History quotes from Walter Bagehot
"The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen." (ID 52907)
"The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards." (ID 53189)