“opinionum commenta delet dies, naturae judicia confirmat ['Time erases the fictions of opinion, but it confirms the judgement of nature'].”
― On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
― On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
“- the spectator who is guided not by the scientific spirit, but by the humane spirit, will eventually curse an art which seems to implant in the souls of men a predilection for belittling and doubt.”
― Aphorisms on Love and Hate
― Aphorisms on Love and Hate
“Everything habitual draws an ever tighter net of spiderwebs around us; then we notice that the fibres have become traps, and that we ourselves are sitting in the middle, like a spider that got caught there and must feed on its own blood.”
― Aphorisms on Love and Hate
― Aphorisms on Love and Hate
“Life, a series of increasing sufferings, flies ever faster towards its end, the most terrible suffering.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
“Wisdom is early to despair.”
― As Kingfishers Catch Fire
― As Kingfishers Catch Fire
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