Lion Feuchtwanger Quotes

After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones.

- Lion Feuchtwanger

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An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary. - Lion Feuchtwanger

What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity. - Lion Feuchtwanger