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One famous quotation by Terence (in his play Heauton Timorumenos) reads:

I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me.

I think that’s true, that a person can have all the states, happiness, fury, envy, disgust, laughter, excitement, annoyance, and so on.

There’s one emotion, though, which is a bit more special – the innocence face-to-face with cynism.

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There’s an odd thing about pleasure – it changes as things happen.

If I want to watch a movie, I have a lot of pleasure finding out about the movie, I write it down, I’m excited. Then, as time passes by and I watch the movie, the pleasure decreases.

If I’m thinking about chocolate there’s a lot more pleasure before the process than in the process itself.

If I want to meet someone, I’m happy before the meeting, and partially happy during the meeting, but, at times, less happy. Do I wish to see a dear person again? Sure. I meet him/her, and I ignore him/her.

Preparing for a run is not the same as doing the run itself.

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When I was young, it wasn’t clear to me why I should learn and get good grades. I got them, but their purpose was unclear.

I think I was a good student, at times much better than the average, but, as you can expect, there was still some room left to get even better.

When I was very young, I had lots of time. There was little to no guidance on what I should do with that time.

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An Ad hominem is an argument in one combats the person and not an idea that the person holds. It seems bad, doesn’t it? What if there were exceptions to it?

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I’ve seen Celtic Tiger Live on The Shows Must Go On! (via Andrew Lloyd Webber). Some thoughts?

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