Even if there were only two men left in the world and both of them saints they wouldn’t be happy. One of them would be bound to try and improve the other. That is the nature of things.

Frank O'Connor (1903-1966) Irish author and translator [pseud. of Michael O'Donovan]

“Song Without Words” (1951)
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Opening words. First printed in Argosy (1951-12).