"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it."
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"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it."
"Dear God, don't let us confine Easter to Easter."
"If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?"
"Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!"