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Steven Tolkien
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Poet. Believer. Athlete.

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" The truth is rarely pure and never simple. "

« La vérité est rarement pure et jamais simple. »

Oscar Wilde

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A bright blue daytime sky with soft, wispy white clouds drifting across it, thicker cloud banks at the top right and bottom left.
September 26, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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" A faithful friend is the medicine of life. "

Sirach 6:16

« Un ami fidèle est le remède de la vie. »

Siracide 6:16

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Two white lambs graze side by side on a bright green grassy hill under a deep blue sky, with two more sheep in the distance and pale paving stones blurred in the foreground.
September 25, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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" The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength. "

Marcus Aurelius

« Plus un homme se rapproche d'un esprit calme, plus il est proche de la force. »

Marc Aurèle

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A still lake reflects a line of dark evergreen trees under a pale blue sky, with the low sun shining through the trees on the left.
September 24, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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" It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. "

Seneca

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A hiker in a cap, grey T-shirt and denim shorts steps down a steep, rocky, sunlit grassy slope under a bright blue sky full of white clouds.
September 23, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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" The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it. "

« La parole est moitié à celui qui parle, moitié à celui qui écoute. »

Michel de Montaigne

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Four women sit close together on a wooden bench in bright sunlight, laughing, with a wooden fence and palm fronds behind them.
September 22, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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" With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. "

« Que la gaieté et le rire fassent venir les vieilles rides. »

William Shakespeare

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A single multicoloured star-shaped kite with a long trailing ribbon tail flies high against a clear, cloudless deep blue sky.
September 21, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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“ The course of true love never did run smooth. “

« Le chemin du vrai amour n’a jamais été simple. »

William Shakespeare

Seven quotes from this week's mornings, in English and French, with the photographs 👇🏻

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Weekly Digest #10 | Résumé Hebdomadaire #10
Quotes from September 14th to September 20th | Citations du 14 au 20 septembre
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September 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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" To see the right and not do it is cowardice. "

« Voir le juste et ne pas le faire, c'est de la lâcheté. »

Confucius

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A narrow bare-earth footpath runs away from the camera and uphill between tall green grasses and low leafy shrubs, under a clear deep blue sky with no clouds.
September 20, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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" The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. "

« La seule limite à notre épanouissement de demain sera nos doutes d'aujourd'hui. »

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Rolling green hills recede into the distance under a deep blue sky, with a thick low bank of white cloud filling the valley along the horizon behind them.
September 19, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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" You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. "

« Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé. »

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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A wide green field of young grass fills the lower half of the frame, rising to a low ridge where a stone farmhouse stands beside a row of dark cypress trees, with hazy blue mountains behind it and a blue sky of scattered white and grey clouds above.
September 18, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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" Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. "

« Sans foi est celui qui dit adieu quand la route s'assombrit. »

J.R.R. Tolkien

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A narrow dirt footpath runs away from the camera between tall conifers and grassy banks scattered with small wildflowers, opening at the centre onto a distant snow-capped mountain under a clear blue sky.
September 17, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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" The course of true love never did run smooth. "

« Le chemin du vrai amour n'a jamais été simple. »

William Shakespeare

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An aerial view of a narrow river winding along the floor of a wide green valley, with grassy hillsides rising on both sides, a dark conifer plantation on the right-hand slope, and rolling hills under a blue sky with white clouds in the distance.
September 16, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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" A man who conquers himself is greater than one who conquers a thousand in battle. "

Buddha

« Celui qui se vainc lui-même est plus grand que celui qui vainc mille hommes au combat. »

Bouddha

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A lush green hillside covered with oak trees and rolling grass under a clear deep blue sky with a few small white clouds.
September 15, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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" Fortune favors the bold. "

Virgil

« La fortune sourit aux audacieux. »

Virgile

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A colourful rainbow-striped kite with orange, yellow, green and pink panels flies high in a clear sky that shades from deep teal at the top to pale blue-grey, its single thin line running diagonally across the otherwise empty frame.
September 14, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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" The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. "

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Seven quotes from this week, in English and French 👇🏻

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September 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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" Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. "

« Le caractère ne peut se développer dans l'aise et la tranquillité. »

Helen Keller

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A steep green grassy mountain slope scattered with grey rocks and pine trees, a thin waterfall falling down a rocky outcrop in the middle distance, under a blue sky with large white clouds.
September 13, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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" Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. "

« La liberté, c'est la responsabilité. C'est pourquoi la plupart des hommes la redoutent. »

George Bernard Shaw

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A sunlit green hillside rises to a ridge under a clear blue sky, with a single broad oak tree standing on the crest and a dense stand of leafy oaks filling the shaded slope in the foreground.
September 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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" The unexamined life is not worth living. "

Socrates

« Une vie sans examen ne vaut pas la peine d'être vécue. »

Socrate

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Clear turquoise and deep blue sea water in a sheltered bay, shallow enough in the foreground to show the pale rocky seabed through it, with low rocky headlands on both sides and a pale blue sky above the horizon.
September 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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" The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. "

« La seule chose que nous devons craindre est la crainte elle-même. »

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A grassy green hill rises to a low horizon under a blue sky, with a long bank of white cumulus clouds along the skyline and a single small shrub standing alone in the field.
September 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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" The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. "

« Plus un homme devient tranquille, plus grands sont son succès, son influence, son pouvoir de faire le bien. »

James Allen

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A wide, still lake at dusk reflects a pale pink and blue sky, with a low dark treeline along the far shore and faint ripples crossing the water in the foreground.
September 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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" The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. "

« La seule chose qui ne se plie pas à la règle de la majorité est la conscience d'une personne. »

Harper Lee

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A calm turquoise lake winds between forested hills lit by low golden sun, under a clear cyan sky, with a dark shrubby bank in the foreground.
September 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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" The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. "

« Les limites de mon langage signifient les limites de mon monde. »

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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A grassy meadow scattered with white dandelion seed heads rises to a low horizon under a deep blue sky filled with large white cumulus clouds.
September 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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" A friend is a second self. "

Cicero

« Un ami est un second soi-même. »

Cicéron

Weekly Digest #8 - all 7 quotes, EN & FR:
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September 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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" He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. "

Plato

« Celui qui a une nature calme et heureuse ne sentira guère la pression de l'âge. »

Platon

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A crystal-clear turquoise lake below a steep pine-forested ridge, under a bright blue sky with sunlight flaring over the treeline.
September 6, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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" Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. "

« Pensez à toute la beauté qui reste autour de vous et soyez heureux. »

Anne Frank

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Green rolling grassy hills under a blue sky with scattered white clouds and a low bank of cloud along the horizon.
September 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM