‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.…

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‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ✨ Elizabeth Cooney Leister, Voltaire (1985). Voltaire's Candide, Barrons Educational Series Incorporated
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‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ✨ Elizabeth Cooney Leister, Voltaire (1985). Voltaire's Candide, Barrons Educational Series Incorporated

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