"We must always have old memories and young hopes."

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“Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital.”

“Whoever embarks with a woman embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats.”

“Seize all the joy you can that robs no other. Sleep in peace, play in jolly earnest, wag well and mean it, and finally, be happy always. The more I see of dogs the less I think of men. Whoever beats dogs loves not man.”

“Have you not sometimes seen happiness? Yes, the happiness of others.”

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— Walter Reuther

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Art1942

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