“Nothing is more evident than that Nature hates mind. Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity.”
― The Decay of Lying
― The Decay of Lying
“He is, most of all, l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“The poets leave hell and again behold the stars.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“But the stars that marked our starting fall away.
We must go deeper into greater pain,
for it is not permitted that we stay.”
― Inferno
We must go deeper into greater pain,
for it is not permitted that we stay.”
― Inferno
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