Since I learned to laugh at...

Since I learned to laugh at myself, I'm never bored.

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(French, German)

Depuis que j'ai appris à rire de moi-même, je ne m'ennuie plus jamais.

Seit ich gelernt habe über mich selbst zu lachen, bin ich nie wieder gelangweilt.

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