To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn one…

Emile Durkheim
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To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness. ✨ John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). Suicide, p.248, Simon and Schuster
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To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness. ✨ John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). Suicide, p.248, Simon and Schuster

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