"When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think (puff) my friend, you have had a pretty poor life."

Memory, Childhood, Happiness, Observation, Reality

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"When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think (puff) my friend, you have had a pretty poor life."

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