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We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.
I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable read more
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
Oh, God! that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap!
Oh, God! that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap!
Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.
The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.
