Tempus edax, homo edacior which I should translate thus: Time is blind, man stupid. On the face of this aged queen of our cathedrals we always find a scar beside a wrinkle. But, notwithstanding the beauty which it has retained even in its old age, one cannot help feeling grief and indignation at the numberless injuries and mutilations which time and man have inflicted on the venerable structure, regardless of Charlemagne who laid the first stone of it and of Philip Augustus who laid the last. The church of Notre-Dame at Paris is no doubt still a sublime and majestic edifice.
It may contain outdated ideas and language that do not reflect TOTA’s opinions and beliefs.įrom The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, translated by Frederic Shoberl, 1833. Note: This article has been excerpted from a larger work in the public domain and shared here due to its historical value.
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