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“there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.” Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
“Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself—that comes too late—a crop of unextinguishable regrets.” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
“Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“I had not, I said to myself, come into the future to carry on a miniature flirtation.” H. G. Wells, The Time Machine

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life meaning wisdom despair romance vanity food punishment self-knowledge regret shadow flirtation

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William Shakespeare (1)
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