A felicidade nunca é graciosa.Happiness is never gracious.
There were the years_ years of childhood and innocence_ when I had believed that carminative meant_ well, carminative. And now, before me lies the rest of my life_ a day, perhaps, ten years, half a century, when I shall know that carminative means windtreibend.
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There were the years_ years of childhood and innocence_ when I had believed that carminative meant_ well, carminative. And now, before me lies the rest of my life_ a day, perhaps, ten years, half a century, when I shall know that carminative means windtreibend.
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