Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. - Jean de La Fontaine

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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism — this is the art of living.

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Patience et longueur de temps
Font plus que force ni que rage.

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Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.

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