Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
Alfred de VignyOf late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.
Alfred de VignyI think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in.
Alfred de Vigny