The companies only developed if the state did not intervene in the French fashion. If on the contrary a certain degree of economic freedom was the rule, capitalism moved in firmly and adapted itself to all administrative quirks and difficulties

The earth is, like our own skin, fated to carry the scars of ancient wounds.

The companies only developed if the state did not intervene in the French fashion. If on the contrary a certain degree of economic freedom was the rule, capitalism moved in firmly and adapted itself to all administrative quirks and difficulties

Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.

The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.

Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves little trace in history.