the blade of life

[Wilson Gray]

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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*." Over 70 percent ...


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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