“All knowledge hurts.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.”
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“It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous to make too much of his greatness without his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both, but it is most valuable to represent both to him.
Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both.”
― Pensées
Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both.”
― Pensées
“Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“Anyone who does not see the vanity of the world is very vain himself. So who does not see it, apart from young people whose lives are all noise, diversions, and thoughts for the future?
But take away their diversion and you will see them bored to extinction. Then they feel their nullity without recognizing it, for nothing could be more wretched than to be intolerably depressed as soon as one is reduced to introspection with no means of diversion.”
― Pensées
But take away their diversion and you will see them bored to extinction. Then they feel their nullity without recognizing it, for nothing could be more wretched than to be intolerably depressed as soon as one is reduced to introspection with no means of diversion.”
― Pensées
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