Stones and reflections of Venice.

« I would endeavor to trace the lines of ( the image of Venice) be for ever lost, and to record, as far as I may, the warning which seems to me to be uttered by every one of the fast-gaining waves, that beat, like passing bells, against the Stones of Venice.» (John Ruskin «Stones of Venice».)

«Je voudrais tracer (l’image de Venise) avant qu’elle se perde à jamais, et rappeler, autant qu’il sera en mon pouvoir, l’enseignement que semble murmurer chacune des vagues envahissantes qui viennent battre, comme des cloches errantes, les pierres de Venise.» (John Ruskin : «Les pierres de Venise»).