• 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
  French writer 1621-1695
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. lightheartedly
2. resignation
3. boisterous
4. courageous
5. cheerful
6. fatalism

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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. by : Jean de la Fontaine

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