[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?
Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset (1908). “The confession of a child of the century tr. by Kendall Warren”
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