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Jacques Barzun on Scalding the Frog Slowly

July 29, 2006December 26, 2022 ~ Tim

When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent.

— Jacques Barzun, in From Dawn To Decadence…

Posted in Commonplace, Quotes on society CommonplaceJacques Barzun

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