/ Yunan, Chine /

La jeunesse est un don de la nature, mais l’âge est une oeuvre d’art. – Garson Kanin

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. – Garson Kanin

                                        / Sahara /

When Man, expell’d from Eden’s bowers,

A moment linger’d near the gate,

Each scene recall’d the vanish’d hours,

And bade him curse his future fate.

But, wandering on through distant climes,

He learned to bear his load of grief ;

Just gave a sigh to other times,

And found in busier scenes relief.

G. G. Byron

                                                                                                 / Lanzhou, Chine /

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. –  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Il est le plus heureux, qu’il soit roi ou paysan, celui qui trouve la paix dans sa maison. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                                                                                                            / Sofia, Bulgaria /

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.  – Lord Byron

Le pauvre chien, le plus stable ami dans la vie,

Le premier qui vous accepte, le meilleur à vous défendre.  – Lord Byron