A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
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Max Muller Quote
“The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible.”
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