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From We All Wear Masks — On False Friendships and Counterfeit Happiness by Charles Chu
“The world, in its best state, is nothing more than a larger assembly of beings, combining to counterfeit happiness which they do not feel, employing every art and contrivance to embellish life, and to hide their real condition from the eyes of one another.” (Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer, №120, December 1753)