To be historical-minded is to be humble about the present. - Fernand Braudel

"To be historical-minded is to be humble about the present."

Fernand Braudel

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."