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Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Alphonse de Lamartine
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He, who can create, abhors destruction.
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Argument should be polite as well as logical.
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I say to this night: Pass more slowly and the dawn will come to dispel the night.
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