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The basic fact about human existence

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.  It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. H.L. Mencken

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The most singular difference between happiness and joy

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid. J.D. Salinger

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If all men knew

I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. Blaise Pascal

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What freedom consist

The fact, in short, is that freedom, to be meaningful in an organized society must consist of an amalgam of hierarchy of freedoms and restraints. Samuel Hendel

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The whole remains beautiful

Know that however ugly the parts appear the whole remains beautiful.  A severed hand Is an ugly thing, and man dissevered from the earth and stars and his history… for contemplation or in fact… Often appears atrociously ugly. Integrity is … Continue reading

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