To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living. (Jean de La Fontaine)

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living.

Jean de La Fontaine

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