Happy Nations Have No History. History Is

True Stories Deal With Hunger, Imaginary Ones With Love.

Fiction Has Consisted Either Of Placing Imaginary Characters In A True Story, Which Is The Iliad, Or Of Presenting The Story Of An Individual As Having A General Historical Value, Which Is The Odyssey.

All Confessions Are Odysseys.

All Societies Are Historical.

Happy Nations Have No History. History Is The Study Of Mankind's Misfortune.