• The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

  Henry Louis Mencken
  American journalist and critic 1880-1956
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. existence
2. standing
3. endless

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. by : Henry Louis Mencken

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