We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.
The funniest things are the forbidden.
- Topic: Humor, Laughter
- Location: Costa Rica
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live.
