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Plateau de Valensole - Provence - France - July 2020

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life. 

(Joni Eareckson Tada)

La perspective est essentielle lorsqu'on est confronté aux défis de la vie.

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Impressionisme

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Amsterdam - The Netherlands - May 2009

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject,

but to realise sensations.

(Paul Cézanne)

Pour un Impressionniste de peindre la nature n'est pas de peindre le sujet,

mais réaliser des sensations.

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silence

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Koh Poda - Krabi District - Thailand - August 2014

Silence is a source of great strength.
(Lao Tzu)
Le silence est source de grande force.

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perspective

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Saint-Malo seen from Dinard - Brittany - August 2010

Life is about perspective and how you look at something ...

ultimately, you have to zoom out.

(Whitney Wolfe Herd)

La vie est une question de perspective et de regard sur les choses ...

en fin de compte il faut faire un zoom arrière.

 

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destin

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Mediterranean Sunset from the ferry between Sardinia and Italy - August 2015

 It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

(Tony Robbins)

C'est dans les moments de décision que se forge votre destin.

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lueur du soir

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Casternou- Châteauneuf-Villevieille - Alpes Maritimes - France - January 2015

In the evening glow, find solace in the moment of quiet reflection.

À la lueur du soir, trouvez du réconfort dans les moments de réflexion silencieuse. 

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éclairer

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Sunset seen over the Esterel from home in Soldano - Italy - December 2018

 Light tomorrow with today.

(Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Éclaire demain avec aujourd'hui.

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ombre et lumière

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Sunset over the Esterel mountains taken from home - Soldano - Italy - February 2017

 Shadow is a color as light is, but less brilliant;

light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.

(Paul Cezanne)

L'ombre est une couleur comme la lumière, mais moins brillante;

la lumière et l'ombre ne sont que la relation de deux teintes.

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couleurs

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Cinque Terre - Riomaggiore - Italy - April 2023

 Colors speak all languages.

(Joseph Addison)

Les couleurs parlent toutes les langues.

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illusion

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Lungomare Argentina - Bordighera - Liguria - Italy - November 2021

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic,

so what you see is not what you see.

(Phillip Guston)

La peinture est une illusion, un morceau de magie,

donc ce que vous voyez n'est pas ce que vous voyez.

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nuages

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above Arabba - Dolomites - Italy - August 2023

When we feel stuck, look at the sky.

The clouds remind us that everything changes. 

Lorsque nous nous sentons coincés, regardons le ciel.

Les nuages nous rappellent que tout change.

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colère

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Wat Rong Khun - (White Temple) - Mueang Chiang Rai - Thailand - August 2014

 Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stocked

than to anything on which it is poured.

(Mark Twain)

La colère est un acide qui peut faire plus de mal au récipient dans lequel il est stocké

qu'à tout ce sur quoi il est versé.

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passion

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Looking at the sunset towards Monaco and France from home in Soldano - Italy - November 2021

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something.
It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

(Mary Lou Retton)

Chacun d'entre nous a une passion pour quelque chose.

Notre but dans la vie est de la trouver et de la conserver.

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délicate

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Sunset from home in Casternou - Alpes-maritimes - France - October 2012

When you see how delicate and fragile life can be,

all else fades in the background.

(Jenna Morasca)

Lorsque l'on voit à quel point la vie peut être délicate et fragile,

tout le reste s'efface à l'arrière-plan.

 

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attente

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Ao Nang - Thailand - August 2014

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to get sharper.
(Bertrand Russell)
Le monde est plein de choses magiques qui attendent patiemment que notre esprit s'aiguise.

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fin du monde

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Sunset taken from Kihei - Maui - Hawaii - August 2012

 Don'y worry about the world coming to an end today.

It's already tomorrow in Australia.

(Charles M. Schulz)

Ne vous inquiétez pas que la fin du monde soit pour aujourd'hui.

En Australie, c'est déjà demain.

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voyager

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Vernazza - Cinque Terre - Liguria - Italy - August 2013

 Live life with no excuses, travel with no regrets.

(Oscar Wilde)

Vivre sans excuses, voyager sans regrets.

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vie

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Qaraouin sea of sand - White Desert - Egypt - November 2012

 The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve,

but a reality to experience.

(Frank Herbert)

Le mystère de la vie n'est pas un problème à résoudre,

mais une réalité à vivre.

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 "Il peso del vento" by Giuseppe Penone at Villa Greystone (one of French billionaire François Pinault's properties) Dinard - Brittany - March 2018

 It's not what you look at that matters,

it's what you see.

(Henry David Thoreau)

Ce n'est pas ce que vous regardez qui est important,

mais ce que vous voyez.

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sagesse

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El Obeyed - White Desert - Egypt - November 2012

 Don't gain the world and loose your soul;

wisdom is better than silver and gold.

(Bob Marley)

Ne conquiers pas le monde et ne perds pas ton âme;

la sagesse vaut mieux que l'argent et l'or.

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