Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm.
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Baratynsky, Yevgeny. Two Fates. c. 1823.
Baratynsky, Yevgeny. Two Fates. c. 1823.
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Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste [Physiologie du Goût]. Paris, 1825, meditation 9.
Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy, translated by M. F. K. Fisher. Vintage, 2011, meditation 9.
Tolstoy, Leo. "Война и миръ [War and Peace]." The Russian Messenger, 1865-1867. Serial.
Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Oxford University Press, 2010.