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Snail on the Edge of a Razor

posted 8 years ago by Steadybox
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I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream; that's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor... and surviving.

http://mightyfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mightyfacts_garden_snail_razor_blade.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MeFpXCXj0

Didn't know this before. That quote makes a lot more sense now...

[–] 8 years ago

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[–] bravomailer 8 years ago

"The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard," taken from a verse in the Katha-Upanishad and used as an epigram to W Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge.