Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from this dream which cannot last long? (Frédéric Chopin)

Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from this dream which cannot last long?

Frédéric Chopin

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