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Ideas About Life Organize Perception; Names Of Emotions Organize Sensations; Rules Of Syntax Organize Thought. But Pain Comes On Its Own.

Hatred Of The Mother Is Familiar, But The Mother's Hatred Still Comes As A Surprise.

All History And Art Are Against Us, But We Still Expect Happiness In Love.

Wealth Makes The Laws That Poverty Must Obey.

Dieting Is Our Last Tie With Asceticism.