That great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

John Viscount Morley

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How to live The human condition

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John Viscount Morley

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Politician Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Morley, John. "Aphorisms." 11 Nov. 1887, The Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, Scotland. Address.

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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English
Time
1818 1810s 19th century
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Hazlitt, William. "On Wit and Humour." Lectures on the English Comic Writers. c. 1818, Surrey Institution, London, England, UK.