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“It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely that many people will stop having children. By contrast, it is quite likely that my views either will be ignored or will be dismissed. As this response will account for a great deal of suffering between now and the demise of humanity, it cannot plausibly be thought of as philanthropic. That is not to say that it is motivated by any malice towards humans, but it does result from a self-deceptive indifference to the harm of coming into existence.”
― David Benatar, Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

Oscar Wilde
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

Maya Angelou
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

Mark Twain
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Notice, by extension, that in a democracy those committed to non-procreation could never, in the long run, prevail politically against those committed to procreation.”
― David Benatar, Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

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