“While to live in the past and think of what was good and beautiful about it amounts to a sort of seasoning of the present, the perennial wait for tomorrow is bound to result in chronic discontent that poisons one's entire outlook.”
Quote by Isabelle Eberhardt
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Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt was a Swiss writer known for her descriptions of desert life in North Africa. Born on February 17, 1877, she passed away on October 21, 1904. Eberhardt spent most of her adult life in North Africa, where she deeply engaged with the local culture and even converted to Islam. more
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