« C’est la nuit qu’il est beau de croire à la lumière.» - Edmond Rostand

Que dites-vous ?… C’est inutile ?… Je le sais ! Mais on ne se bat pas dans l’espoir du succès ! Non ! non ! c’est bien plus beau lorsque c’est inutile !

You blessed my life!
Never on me had rested woman's love.
My mother even could not find me fair:
I had no sister; and, when grown a man,
I feared the mistress who would mock at me.
But I have had your friendship — grace to you
A woman's charm has passed across my path.

They know how to die-a little way from the branch to the earth, a little fear of mingling with common dust and yet they go down gracefully-a fail that seems like flying!