Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.


La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims (ed. 1903)

Luc de Clapiers Quotes

Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.

Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.

Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.

Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.