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

- Lucien Febvre

History is the daughter of time.

- Lucien Febvre

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, su…

- Lucien Febvre

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

- Lucien Febvre

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

- Lucien Febvre