The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
When a dozen men are harnessed to the same cart, one always pulls harder than the others, and when it's a question of promotion and seniority, it's easy to tread on the toes of the man ahead of you. At every word one utters one has to be on one's guard; one's never quite sure whether it isn't going to arouse the disapproval of the big bugs; there's always a storm in the offing. Beware of Pity
That’s the problem, we do get used to things. The Zahir
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy. Book IV
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