“There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me being happy.”

—  Jean Anouilh

Il y aura toujours un chien perdu quelque part qui m'empêchera d'être heureux.
La Sauvage ["The Restless Heart"] (1938), Act 3.

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