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Scheduled as Daily Quote: 1908-05-29
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We want to order the happy and righteous life of men, but since we know the life of men and know that they have always striven for it, we know that they have never attained a happy and righteous life. Always after the attainment of one step of good, another, the next, was revealed, as persistently indispensable as the one just reached seemed. And it continued that way until our times, beginning with cannibalism and ending with the nationalization of the land. That is why it is natural not only to assume, but also to be confident that it will always be like this.

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We want to order the happy and righteous life of men, but since we know the life of men and know that they have always striven for it, we know that they have never attained a happy and righteous life. Always after the attainment of one step of good, another, the next, was revealed, as persistently indispensable as the one just reached seemed. And it continued that way until our times, beginning with cannibalism and ending with the nationalization of the land. That is why it is natural not only to assume, but also to be confident that it will always be like this.

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Romanian

"Vrem să rânduim viața fericită și dreaptă a oamenilor, dar, de când cunoaștem viața oamenilor și știm că ei au năzuit mereu spre asta, știm că niciodată n-au ajuns la o viață fericită și dreaptă. Întotdeauna după atingerea unei trepte a binelui se dezvaluia alta, următoarea, la fel de stăruitor indispensabilă cum părea și cea abia atinsă. Și a continuat așa până în vremurile noastre, începând cu canibalismul și până la naționalizarea pamântului. De aceea e firesc nu numai să presupunem, dar și să fim incredintati ca așa va fi mereu."

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