If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other. (Jean de La Bruyère)

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

Jean de La Bruyère

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