JeanJacques RousseauSo finally we tumble into the abyss, we ask God why he has made us so feeble. But, in spite of ourselves, He replies through our consciences: 'I have made you too feeble to climb out of the pit, because i made you strong enough not to fall in.
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The English poet, John Keats used this famous quote in a poem called “Ode to a Nightingale.” He wrote, “So at last we tumble into the abyss, we ask God why he has made us so feeble. But, in spite of ourselves, he replies through our consciences: 'I have made you too feeble to climb out of the pit, because I made you strong enough not to fall in.'”
Source: Confessions
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