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It's in the nature of the humans and the entire animal kingdom to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating, lie for lie, to hit back with all our might. But what makes us true humans is the power to not hit back.
It's in the nature of the humans and the entire animal kingdom to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating, lie for lie, to hit back with all our might. But what makes us true humans is the power to not hit back.
Approximate author period: c. 2017 AD · contemporary
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- Abhijit Naskar
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- Approximate author period: c. 2017 AD · contemporary
Author activity documented by a first-person article dated 24 June 2017. A 21st-century author-period anchor, not the composition year of all attributed sayings. Source: https://naskarism.wordpress.com/2017/06/24/life-is-not-beautiful-if-there-is-no-human/ (accessed 2026-10-08).
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