Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

[En effet, l’histoire n’est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs.] 

Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
L’Ingénu, ch.10 (1767)

 
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