If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
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A feud should live a full and colorful life, and then it should die a natural death and be forgotten.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Conflicts should be allowed to reach a resolution and ultimately be left behind.
Paul Newman suggests that feuds, like any part of life, should have their own journey β they can be intense and filled with emotion, but ultimately they should come to an end and be forgotten. This perspective promotes the idea of resolution and moving on from past conflicts rather than allowing them to linger indefinitely in our lives.
Themes
FeudConflictResolutionRelationshipsForgiveness
In practice
Example use cases
In a workplace discussion about resolving team conflicts, you might quote this to encourage moving forward.
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