See lífsspursmál on Wiktionary
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"english": "It nevertheless enlightens you, the farmers, to hear arguments about the existential questions, said the Member of Parliament. Oh, I don't call it arguing about existential questions, though people may tell each other to eat shit in good weather on a Sunday, like fat cats do nowadays.",
"roman": "Það glöggvar ykkur nú samt, bændurna, að heyra deilt um lífsspursmálin, sagði alþíngismaðurinn. O ekki kalla ég það að deila um lífsspursmál, þó menn segi hverjir öðrum að éta skít í góðu veðri á sunnudegi, einsog stórhöfðingjar gera nú á dögum.",
"text": "1946, Halldór Laxness, Sjálfstætt fólk (\"Independent People\"), chapter 67, page 471",
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"english": "It nevertheless enlightens you, the farmers, to hear arguments about the existential questions, said the Member of Parliament. Oh, I don't call it arguing about existential questions, though people may tell each other to eat shit in good weather on a Sunday, like fat cats do nowadays.",
"roman": "Það glöggvar ykkur nú samt, bændurna, að heyra deilt um lífsspursmálin, sagði alþíngismaðurinn. O ekki kalla ég það að deila um lífsspursmál, þó menn segi hverjir öðrum að éta skít í góðu veðri á sunnudegi, einsog stórhöfðingjar gera nú á dögum.",
"text": "1946, Halldór Laxness, Sjálfstætt fólk (\"Independent People\"), chapter 67, page 471",
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