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hprotagonist on Dec 3, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The impotence of being clever

it’s usually attributed to DFW, but that’s because he quotes it approvingly in “E Unibas Pluram”

parthianshotgun on Dec 4, 2022 [–]

Thanks I've always attributed it to DFW. Incidentally I'm a bit sad DFW didn't get a mention in the article; seems that his insights into this are apt

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