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Quote by Pierre Corneille
We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with

We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille

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To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. – Pierre Corneille

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When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac. – George B. McClellan

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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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I would be sad if it ended now. Its been the best job Ive had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do. – Sarah Chalke

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Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? – What? – Is there not sad stuff? What? – What? – George III

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