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We age inevitably:
The old joys fade and are gone:
And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.

— James Oppenheim War and Laughter (1916)

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Man's the bad child of the universe.

War and Laughter (1916)

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
The wise grows it under his feet.

War and Laughter (1916)

Would you end war?
Create great Peace.

War and Laughter (1916)

Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?

War and Laughter (1916)

To be a god
First I must be a god-maker:
We are what we create.

War and Laughter (1916)

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