About Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre is best known for his 1788 novel Paul et Virginie, now largely forgotten, but in the 19th century a very popular children's book.
Death, my son, is a good thing for all men; it is the night for this worried day that we call life. It is in the sleep of death that finds rest for eternity the sickness, pain, desperation, and the fears that agitate, without end, we unhappy living s...
