les roses de la vie

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Two lines from a favorite poem:

Vivez, si m’en croyez, n’attendez a demain:
Cuillez des aujourd’hui les roses de la vie

Trans by Anthony Wier:
Heed me, and live for now: this time won’t come again.
Come, pluck now–today–life’s so quickly-fading rose.

a rose is a rose is a rose

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  1. Jana, PhD | Jana Remy

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