joyinslavery
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ORIGINAL: MySweetSubmssive (pointing upward) CT, I think you changed your signature line recently, haven't you? I just noticed it on another thread, and this one is right up my alley. I like it's paradoxical nature. I like ... what is his name? ... joyinslavery's Bertrand Russell quote. That is very kind of you. Thank You. The quote regards some of Russell's thoughts on renunciation. It is a partial quote but gets to the meat of what he is saying. Here is a more complete quote: "To every man comes, sooner or later, the great renunciation. For the young, there is nothing unattainable; a good thing desired with the whole force of a passionate will, and yet iimpossible, is to them not credible. Yet, by death, by illness, by poverty, or by the voice of duty, we must learn, each one of us, that the world was not made for us, and that, however beautiful may be the things we crave, Fate may nevertheless forbid them. It is the part of courage, when misfortune comes, to bear without repining the ruin of our hopes, to turn away our thoughts from vain regrets. This degree of submission to power is not only just and right; it is the very gate of wisdom." Btw...I love Your e.e. cummings too!
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"...we must learn, each one of us, that the world was not made for us, and that, however beautiful may be the things we crave, Fate may nevertheless forbid them." -Bertrand Russell Mainstream...The New Alternative *Beware of dog*
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