Lucien Febvre

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If History teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons.
- Lucien Febvre
Collection: History
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What better preparation for a history which seeks to bring societies to life and to understand that life than to have really lived, commanded men, suffered with them and shared their joys.
- Lucien Febvre
Collection: Men
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A mere collector of supposed facts is as useful as a collector of matchboxes.
- Lucien Febvre
Collection: History
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It is never a waste of time to study the history of a word.
- Lucien Febvre
Collection: Waste
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History is the daughter of time.
- Lucien Febvre
Collection: Daughter