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Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would thi

Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next spring again be green, bloom, and even bear fruit? Yet we hope it, we know it. – Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Wilhelm Meister’s Travels, translated from German

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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. – Montenegrin Proverb

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Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. – Victor Hugo

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