To ignore geography is to ignore the foundation upon which a... - Fernand Braudel

"To ignore geography is to ignore the foundation upon which all else is built."

Fernand Braudel Nature

Historian French 1902–1985

More from Fernand Braudel

"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."

"Nature teaches us about beauty."

"Nature teaches us patience and wisdom"

"Sometimes it snows in April."

"Every town has a soul, and Twin Peaks has a troubled one."