“Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.”

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau

Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospère et s'aigrit dans l'adversité.
Variant translations: Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity.
Source: Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1765-1770; published 1782), Books II-VI, II

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Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospère et s'aigrit dans l'adversité.

Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1765-1770; published 1782), Books II-VI

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