translate English to French: That is not a pious wish, but the conclusion arrived at from the experience of five hundred years during which they lived together and managed to stay on their feet precisely because they lived side by side, and in the most tragic conditions.
Plus particulièrement on peut dire que le drame de la Serbie actuelle tient au fait que ce petit pays s’est attribué, fût-ce physiquement, fût-ce spirituellement, une importance qu’il n’avait effectivement pas.