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Ashley Montagu Quotes: The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
         

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.


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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
         



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