The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains. (Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues)

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

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