“When we reckon without Providence, we must frequently reckon twice.” GodProvidence Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“long journeys are strange things: if we were always to continue in the same mind we are in at the end of a journey, we should never stir from the place we were then in: but Providence in kindness to us causes us to forget it. It is much the same with lying-in women. Heaven permits this forgetfulness that the world may be peopled, and that folks may take journeys to Provence.” IfsWorldShouldMindMayLongEndsLyingHeavenCausesForgetKindnessJourneyStrangeTravelFolksPermitProvidenceForget ItForgetfulnessStrange ThingsLong JourneyProvenceEnd Of Journey Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“... Providence conducts us with so much kindness through the different periods of our life, that we scarcely feel the change; our days glide gently and imperceptibly along, like the motion of the hour-hand, which we cannot discover. ... we advance gradually; we are the same to-day as yesterday, and to-morrow as to-day: thus we go on, without perceiving it, which is a miracle of the Providence I adore.” FeelsDifferentHandsHoursKindnessOur LivesGoes OnPeriodsMiracleYesterdayProvidenceAdoreMorrow Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“It is day by day that we go forward; today we are as we were yesterday and tomorrow we shall be like ourselves today. So we go on without being aware of it, and this is one of the miracles of Providence that I so love.” TodayGoes OnTomorrowMiracleYesterdayProvidenceYesterday And Tomorrow Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne