To high places by narrow roads....

To high places by narrow roads.

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Latin: per angusta ad augusta

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Per angusta ad augusta

Vers de grandes choses par des voies étroites.

Durch die Enge zum Erhabenen.

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We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

wind

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

You cannot hold the day back, but you can avoid wasting it.

Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.

- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 /

Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.

- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 /

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

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