If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to … - Eugene O'Neill

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If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself — ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity — before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.

Eugene O'Neill

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About Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill (16 October 1888 – 27 November 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature.

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Native Name: Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

Alternative Names: Eugene O’Neill • Eugene Gladstone O’Neill • Eugene G. O'Neill

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