Witness Lee (1905–1997) Chinese Christian preacher
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“An opportunity missed once will present itself again, whereas a too hasty action can never be recalled.”
Une occasion manquée se retrouve, tandis qu’on ne revient jamais d’une démarche précipitée. <br class="br">Letter 33: La Marquise de Merteuil to le Vicomte de Valmont. Trans. P.W.K. Stone (1961). http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses_-_Lettre_33 <br class="br">Les liaisons dangereuses (1782)
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