“When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what seemed at the time most significant and seductive, seems now most futile and absurd. For instance, success in all of its various guises; being known and being praised; ostensible pleasures, like acquiring money or seducing women, or traveling, going to and fro in the world and up and down in it like Satan, exploring and experiencing whatever Vanity Fair has to offer. In retrospect all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called “licking the earth.”
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Malcolm Muggeridge
Malcolm Muggeridge was a British journalist, writer, and television personality. Known for his in-depth reporting on political and social issues, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, his work was praised for its critical thinking and unique perspective. more
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