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— Jeanette Winterson"Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable."
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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. ... The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.
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