A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. -- Nadia Boulanger
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A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
When there is no hope in the future, the present appears atrociously bitter.
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.