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It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be i cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind.
-W. Somerset Maugham
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It Must Be That There Is Something

W. Somerset Maugham
It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be i cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind.
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