French Literary Quotes about "accepter"

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Nous avons le cœur étrangement léger quand, de bonne foi, nous acceptons notre nullité dans un domaine quelconque.

We have a strangely light heart when, in good faith, we accept our inadequacy in any area.

There is the strangest lightness about the heart when one's nothingness in a particular line is once accepted in good faith.

William James New York 1842-Chocorua, New Hampshire 1910 Principles of Psychology, XII

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Il faut pourtant accepter ce que le Bon Dieu ne vous envoie pas.

However, you must accept what the Good Lord does not send you.

Jules Supervielle Montevideo, Uruguay, 1884-Paris 1960 Le Voleur d'enfants Gallimard

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