Quote by Jean de La Fontaine
The pain of parting is short.

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"Sadness and depression will fly away on the wings of time."

- Jean de La Fontaine

Hope

"Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer."

- Jean de La Fontaine

Relationships

"Sadness flies away on the wings of time."

- Jean de La Fontaine

Adversity

"I bend but do not break."

- Jean de La Fontaine

Resilience

"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life."

- Jean de La Fontaine

Reflection

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

Philosophy

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

Philosophy