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He who lives to see two or three generations is like a man who sits some time in the conjurer's booth at a fair, and witnesses the performance twice or thrice in succession. The tricks were meant to be seen only once; and when they are no longer a novelty and cease to deceive, their effect is gone.
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― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
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We are trapped by our biology, stunted by our psychology, and, as a result, must wrap ourselves in mythology (the formulaic, fictional stories of our time) in order to squelch the thoughts concerning our impending mortality.
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― Insignificant Miracle In Between
― Insignificant Miracle In Between
