Fernand Braudel Quotes

Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies.

The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.

The earth is, like our own skin, fated to carry the scars of ancient wounds.

History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.

All history must be mobilized if one would understand the present.

Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.

Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history.

There are always some areas world history does not reach, zones of silence and undisturbed ignorance.

Social science virtually abhors the event. Not without reason; the short-term is the most capricious and deceptive form of time.