The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked …

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The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be found in them, unless you stand some distance off. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Studies in Pessimism, p.33, Arthur Schopenhauer
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