Bossuet: What a lot of time where there is no me!
29 April 2021
What a lot of time there has been when I didn't exist yet! What a lot there will be when I won't exist any more! What a tiny place I occupy in this vast abyss of years!
—Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704), French bishop and court preacher to Louis XIV at Versailles
Qu'il y a eu de temps où je n'étais pas! Qu'il y en a où je ne serai point! Et que j'occupe peu de place dans ce grand abîme des ans!
Photo by Hubble Space Telescope of two galaxies colliding.
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