![It was better to be in chains with friends than in a garden with strangers. [An ancient Persian proverb.] So true, huh?](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-was-better-to-be-in-chains-with-friends-than-in-a-garden-with-strangers-an-a.jpg)
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