Febvre Quotes & Sayings

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns. — Emile Chartier

I do not want to live in a world where we have no privacy and no freedom, where the unique value of the Internet is snuffed out, — Glenn Greenwald

What men do not know about they take for granted. Knowledge furnishes problems, and the discovery of problems itself constitutes an intellectual advance. — Henry Hazlitt

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. — Abba Eban

Jules hated it when I used "delicious" to describe anything but food, but that day he was nothing if not a sugar cone of melting sea salt and caramel gelato. — Leila Howland

If History teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons. — Lucien Febvre

Nobody looked at him. He passed on unsuspected and deadly, like a pest in the street full of men. — Joseph Conrad

It is never a waste of time to study the history of a word. — Lucien Febvre

If you do it right, it will last forever. — Massimo Vignelli

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

History is the daughter of time. — Lucien Febvre

A person who believes every word that is spoken or read has an inbuilt fool for an interpreter and leads a life mislead. — Truth Devour

Me? I'm not lazy, I'm just passionate about leisure. — Louis De Bernieres

A mere collector of supposed facts is as useful as a collector of matchboxes. — Lucien Febvre