Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
“Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.”
Mary McCarthy (1912–1989) American writer
"My Confession", p. 74. First published in two parts in The Reporter (December 22, 1953 and January 5, 1954)
On the Contrary: Articles of Belief 1946–1961 (1961)
Bernart de Ventadorn troubador
Aisso non es amors; aitaus
No·n a mas lo nom e·l parven,
Que re non ama si no pren.
"Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 19; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) English mathematician and philosopher
1920s, The Aims of Education (1929)
Edmund Burke book Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
“Every age has its happiness and troubles.”
Jeanne Calment (1875–1934) French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history
Source: Jeanne Calment: From Van Gogh's Time to Ours : 122 Extraordinary Years, 1998, p. 48: response to the question whether the birth of her daughter was the happiest time of her life
Newton Lee American computer scientist
Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014
“Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.”
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) French poet and critic
Chaque âge a ses plaisirs, son esprit et ses mœurs.
Canto III, l. 374
The Art of Poetry (1674)
