Alessandro Manzoni Quote

But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his every step is wasted; just as politics without history is like a man who walks along without a guide.


I promessi sposi (1827)


But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his ...

But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his ...

But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his ...

But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his ...