Nicolas Chamfort Quote

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.


The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort (ed. 1902)


There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of...

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of...

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of...

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of...