There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Lion FeuchtwangerI have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.
Lion FeuchtwangerWhat is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.
Lion FeuchtwangerAn author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.
Lion Feuchtwanger