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		new2628 on July 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A researcher on how to live a happy life There are some widely agreed upon truths that need no citation :)

throw975 on July 2, 2020 [–]

Can you point me towards those? I think you are referring to aphorisms[0], but I couldn't find any in the related Wikipedia article[1].

[0] a pithy observation that contains a general truth

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorism

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