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If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world.

If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world.
– Arthur Schopenhauer

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