/lit/ - Literature

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Don't act so sure of yourself, because she is correct here. Even the very language you use came to exist not of your own doing.

She does not here demean doing things for oneself, since that's a proper duty to one's being, only the pride that often accompanies it, which is always out of proportion with reality. Think how quickly you would expire if simply the air around you dispersed for a few small moments.

The wise errs on the side of humility.