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“One day a mayfly said this to a moth drawn to a flame. "You know that flame is a trap set by humans. It is not like you only have one day to live as I do. Why would you throw yourself at the flame knowing you'll die?" And so the moth said "the flame is too beautiful not to throw myself at. There is no beauty without pain.”

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