Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so l — David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so lame & banal on the surface, actually expresses a great & terrible truth.

— David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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