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Today, let us make haste to enjoy life.
Who knows if we will be tomorrow?

— Jean Racine Athalie (1691)

Hâtons-nous aujourd'hui de jouir de la vie.
Qui sait si nous serons demain?

Original text (French)

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Athalie, act II, scene IX.

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