This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom, - the very fashion of which "passeth away." (François Fénelon)

This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom, - the very fashion of which "passeth away."

François Fénelon

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