“You never conquer a mountain.
You just stand on the top a few moments.
Then the wind blows your footprints away.”
~ Arlene Blum ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in June 2018.
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“Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit…They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints of a duck in the mud.” ~ Victor Hugo