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Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words
         

The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too late" ringing in our ears.


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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.



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