Alas, poor gentleman,
He look’d not like the ruins of his youth
But like the ruins of those ruins.
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- Author's profession: Playwright
- Nationality: english
- Born: April 17, 1586
- Died: January 1, 1640
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I haven't deeply considered the matter [...] but if to look truth in the face and not resent it when it's unpalatable, and take human nature as you find it, smiling when it's absurd and grieved without exaggeration when it's pitiful, is to be cynical, then I suppose I'm a cynic. Mostly human nature is both absurd and pitiful, but if life has taught you tolerance you find in it more to smile at than to weep.[The back of beyond]
W. Somerset Maugham