Ancient City

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“There is an ancient saying that, “Hard is the knowledge of the good.””
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)