Active Quote by Michel Houellebecq

“Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.” quote by Michel Houellebecq — Download Open image

“Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.”

Michel Houellebecq

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