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Wisdom & ProverbsAs published
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What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
— Blackfoot proverb

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Blackfoot proverb
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