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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. The speaker is saying that the greatest sorrow is to realize that we are the reason for all bad things that happen to us. It is true that we can never be completely responsible for all of our problems, but we can be responsible for a large percentage of them. When we recognize and accept this truth and change how we interact with the world, we can become happy and healthy.
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