“It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body.”
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
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