“Only firm people can be truly soft.”
Il n'y a que les personnes qui ont de la fermeté qui puissent avoir une véritable douceur.
Variant translation: It is only those who are firm who can be genuinely kind.
Maxim 479.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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Il n'y a que les personnes qui ont de la fermeté qui puissent avoir une véritable douceur.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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