Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fiction and I am convinced that chance and intrigue have produced more heroes than genius and virtue.


Original French: Notre révolution m'a fait sentir tout le sens de l'axiome qui dit que l'histoire est un roman ; et je suis convaincu que la fortune et l'intrigue ont fait plus de héros, que le génie et la vertu.

Maximilien Robespierre Quotes

Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fiction and I am convinced that chance and intrigue have produced more...

Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fiction and I am convinced that chance and intrigue have produced more...

Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fiction and I am convinced that chance and intrigue have produced more...

Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fiction and I am convinced that chance and intrigue have produced more...