Paul and Virginia: Translated from the...
A source page for quotes linked to Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.
“Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills.”
“Our ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us.”
“An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone.”
“Patience is the courage of virtue.”