20 February 1872 Posted on February 19, 2013 by Staff The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opens. 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: 20 February 1872 10 September 1961 10 September 1961 7 February 2009 18 February 1979 7 February 2009
