The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.
Jean-Henri FabreAll failed lovers rewrite the script, as if one sexual detail or another might have tipped the balance of pain into destiny, either tragic or miraculous. History record the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.
Jean-Henri FabrePermanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.
Jean-Henri Fabre