When we cannot obtain a thing, we comfort ourselves with the reassuring thought that it is not worth nearly as much as we believed. (Max Scheler)

When we cannot obtain a thing, we comfort ourselves with the reassuring thought that it is not worth nearly as much as we believed.

Max Scheler

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