happy is the country which has no history
happy is the country which has no history
proverb A lack of history suggests a lack of traumatic or unpleasant events (because those tend to be the things that get recorded or remembered). The more I learn about our country's history, the more I believe that happy is the country which has no history.
See also: country, happy, history, no
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Happy is the country which has no history.
Prov. Since history tends to record only violent, unfortunate, or tumultuous events, a country with no history would be a country lucky enough to have no such unhappy events to record. The history of our country is so full of greed, violence, and dishonesty; happy is the country which has no history.
See also: country, happy, history, no
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- the history books
- lack for
- lack for (something)
- I’m history
- I'm history
- footprint
- footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down
- fall short (of), to
- much ink has been spilled
- over