Jean-François Marmontel: Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime, il faut aimer ce que l'on a. If one does not possess what one loves, one should love

Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime, il faut aimer ce que l'on a. If one does not — Jean-François Marmontel

Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime, il faut aimer ce que l'on a. If one does not possess what one loves, one should love what one has.

Jean-François Marmontel

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