Quote #1471 about resilience by Albert Schweitzer
“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.”by Albert Schweitzer
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