“THERE IS SOMETHING DISPIRITING ABOUT THE MARCH of history. That web which never alters despite an infinite range of motifs and variations: the same struggle for power under ever-different masks; the vain triumphs, the declines and falls; the ever-recurring myths;… — 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
