Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when they presume to anticipate custom.
Marguerite YourcenarA young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.
Marguerite YourcenarIf you love life you also love the past, because it is the present as it has survived in memory." Translation by David Downie
Marguerite Yourcenar