"Apre' s le rare bonheur de trouver une compagne qui nous soit bien assortie, l'e tat le moins malheureux de la vie est sans doute de vivre seul. After the rare happiness of finding a companion with whom we are well matched, the least unpleasant state of life is without doubt to live alone."

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Source : 1788 Paul et Virginie.

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

#Doubt Quotes #Life Is Quotes #States Quotes

“I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.”
“My last year with the Spurs, I was late to practice one time.”
“We wield an enormous influence over the world through how we choose to vote and what we choose to buy. Again, it's the power of numbers. If voters hold their leaders responsible for doing something about global warming, it will get done. If most people refuse to buy products from companies that, for example, wrap products in more plastic than necessary, pretty soon the plastic wrapping will stop.”

Source : Anthony D. Barnosky (2010). “Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming”, p.213, Island Press
“I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.”

Source : Edward Weston (1973). “The Daybooks of Edward Weston: California”
“You are skilled. I exhort you.”
“Hypocrisy versus authenticity among men is not always so black and white, and as is righteousness, humility is often self-proclaimed. The Church is most definitely supposed to be a hospital for the spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically sick, hurting, and broken individual, yet ironically, many of its critics are those who ran away and permanently denounced its members after they visited and felt that they were sneezed on.”
“Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.”
“Pioneering is the work of individuals ...”

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