“The explanation is that it is rivals rather than enemies who hamper our beginnings, and it is against them we fight until the great conflicts arise which decide ways of life, modes of thought, and the meaning of history.” — Jean d'Ormesson Copy Share Image
“THERE IS SOMETHING DISPIRITING ABOUT THE MARCH of history. That web which never alters despite an infinite range of motifs and variations: the same… — Jean d'Ormesson Copy Share Image
“The explanation is that it is rivals rather than enemies who hamper our beginnings, and it is against them we fight until the great… — Jean d'Ormesson Copy Share Image
“so each day brought a further descent into the depths of concrete existence and a further ascent toward the heights of abstraction.” — Jean d'Ormesson Copy Share Image
