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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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