I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.


Memoirs: the first complete and unabridged English translation (ed. 1959)


I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon...

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon...

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon...

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon...