the blade of life

[Wilson Gray]

The concept has been around a while.

Harvard Alumni Bulletin - Volume 62 - Page 295

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While seniors are undoubtedly already pondering the excitement of Class
Week, most of their planning and thinking goes beyond Commencement in
contemplation of what one Harvard man likes to call

_"the razor blade of life."_


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> CNN's Jake Tapper prefaced some remarks the other day with the phrase, "As
> you slide down the razor blade of life...."
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> 257 raw Google hits, at least back to 2005. One person attributes it to Tom
> Lehrer.
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-- 
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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