A collection of passages

A collection of passages
Galerie d'Orléans, au Palais RoyalPhilippe Benoist, c. 1840.

These are some lines I always find myself returning to.

Walter Benjamin

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

On the Concept of History · 1940

Hesiod

Fools! They know not how much more the half is than the whole.

Works and Days · c. 700 BCE