The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms…

Hannah Arendt
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The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the easy life of the gods would be a lifeless life. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.120, University of Chicago Press
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