14 December 2004 December 13, 2011 Author: Staff The Millau viaduct in France is officially opened. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse." Alexis de Tocqueville — Click here for more from Alexis de Tocqueville Related posts: 3 September 2004 7 July 1807 11 November 1918 Categories: History Tags: 14 December, 2004