I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest virtue. (Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle)

I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest virtue.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

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