Toute l'obscurité du monde

Toute l'obscurité du monde ne peut pas éteindre la lumière d'une bougie // All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle

There seems to be a confusion as to who said this beautiful phrase. The Citation Célèbre site claims it was Confucius, while most English quotes have Francis of Assisi as the author. Not sure which version, if any, is correct.

Anyway. Here is the cat, peacefully reading his book by the light of a single candle. Is he aware of all the darkness in the world that surrounds him? Sure he is, he is a very aware person. Does it bother him? Well, that's debatable. He can't combat all the darkness in the world. But he can read a couple of chapters, while the candle lasts. And, being a cat, maybe he can continue reading even when it goes out. 

Maybe it doesn't really bother him after all.

people whom one has ceased to love

Les émotions des gens qu'on a cessé d'aimer paraissent toujours un peu ridicules // There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love

 Oscar Wilde said many interesting things. 

Today I suddenly realized that the use of "one" as a pronoun in English  could originate from "on" in French, used there more or less as "we". Wikipedia confirms.

Chaque anniversaire est un cadeau. Et voici le tien !

 

Chaque anniversaire est un cadeau. Chaque jour est un cadeau. // Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift. -- Aretha Franklin   🐱 Et voici le tien ! // And here is yours! -- Sumo Wrestler Cat

Here is the cat, wishing all birthday people out there a happy birthday. And  a happy day to all people out there. 

By coincidence, today's Inktober prompt is "knot" - "nœud" in French. So here you have it, too.