"There are only three events in a man's life birth, life, and death he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.“


-Jean de la Bruyere

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There are only three events in a man's life birth, life, and death he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

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