“He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.””
Quotes by Jules Michelet
“Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything.””
“Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions””
“Each epoch dreams the one to follow.””
“It is our harsh fate on earth that body and soul should be so closely bound together; that the soul should have to drag the body along, should be exposed to its vicissitudes, should even respond to them. This primal curse has always weighed heavily upon us; but how much more heavily under a religious law which compels us to endure this outrageous condition; which will not permit our honor, when it is imperiled, to save itself by casting aside the body, and seeking refuge in the world of the spirit!””
“Man hunts and fights. Woman contrives and dreams; she is the mother of fancy, of the gods.””
Jules MicheletJules Michelet was a pioneering French historian and writer, renowned for his ambitious multi-volume work, Histoire de France, which chronicles the evolution of France from its earliest origins throug...