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Quote by Joseph Roux
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan and a widow

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. – Joseph Roux

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The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. – Joseph Roux

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