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Seize all the joy you can that robs no other. Sleep in peace, play in jolly earnest, wag well and mean it, and finally, be happy always. The more I see of dogs the less I think of men. Whoever beats dogs loves not man.

— Arsène Houssaye James O'Donnell Bennett (1908)

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Whoever embarks with a woman embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats.

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Have you not sometimes seen happiness? Yes, the happiness of others.

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We must always have old memories and young hopes.

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