"I wish you neverending dreams and the furious desire to make some true. I wish you to love what you should love & forget what you should forget. I wish you passions, I wish you silences. I wish you songs of birds in the morning and children laughters. I hope you respect the differences of others, because the merit and value of each person are often to discover. I wish you to resist stagnation, indifference and the negative virtues of our time. I finally wish you never give up searching, adventure, to life, to love, because life is a wonderful adventure, and no reasonable person shall renounce without a harsh battle. I wish you to be you, proud and happy, because happiness is our true destiny." Jacques Brel's wishes (1968)
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