"O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Age, Love, Pleasure, Regret

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"O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it."

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