“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”
Barbara Kingsolver (1955) American author, poet and essayist
Source: Homeland and Other Stories
“If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.”
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), pp. 170-171.
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La passion qui, remarquez-le, porte son esprit avec elle, peut donner aux niais, aux sots, aux imbéciles une sorte d’intelligence, surtout pendant la jeunesse.
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