We inherit structures from the past whether we acknowledge t... - Fernand Braudel

"We inherit structures from the past whether we acknowledge them or not"

Fernand Braudel

Historian French 1902–1985

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"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Geography is destiny."

"Civilizations are mortal like men."