“Aristocracy has three successive stages: the age of superiority, the age of privilege, and the age of vanity. Once through with the first, it degenerates into the second, and dies out in the third.” — Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
“Only one thing held my attention: the hands of a clock stopped at the minute that Frederick expired. I was deceived by the stillness… — Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
“Aristocracy has three successive stages: the age of superiority, the age of privilege, and the age of vanity. Once through with the first, it… — Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
