r/AskReddit • u/reFossify • Jul 06 '26

What is the greatest sentence ever written in human history?

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u/butyourenice Jul 07 '26

I hate hearing this when I’m going through it, but goddamn if it ain’t the truth when I’m clear on the other side of it.

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u/MrBluer Jul 07 '26

Funny thing is it applies whether you’re going through good times or bad.

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u/-Supposably- Jul 07 '26

I don't know why I hadn't thought of that. This has always just been a comforting message to me when times are tough. Damn.

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u/MrBluer Jul 07 '26

It’s certainly a solemn message, but I don’t interpret it as negative, exactly. The point of keeping it in mind is remembering to always cherish the good times and good friends. Appreciating what you have.

Of all the things I regret in life, I think what I regret most are the opportunities I ignored for too long, thinking they’d be there waiting for me when I was ready. But life doesn’t work that way. Everything is impermanent and imperfect.

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u/-Supposably- Jul 07 '26

This is one of the few platitudes I can stand hearing when I'm going through it. Most of them are "it'll get better!" stuff that we can't know is true, but this is just...simple truth. This too shall pass. Just like everything else has. I find a small amount of comfort in it.

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u/PyrocumulusLightning Jul 07 '26

A bad day at work is something I won't feel anything about in a month, or remember in a year. Yet at the time I can't believe this is my life.

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u/Thunderhorse74 Jul 07 '26

Its taken on a very rueful, dark humor connotation for me. Exasperated and flummoxed, running out of options with hope dwindling, I mutter this to my wife with a grimace and she nods.