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“I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

tags: happiness, human-nature, humanity, perfection, time

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message 1: by Gizem (new)

Mar 20, 2024 09:54AM

Nice quote. Listen to maNga's song "6000 Years Ago" inspired by this quote.

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