“As far as I am concerned, I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, a man. What should I do? Work for a social and political system, make a girl miserable? Hunt for weaknesses in philosophical systems, fight for moral and esthetic ideals? It’s all too little. I renounce my humanity even though I may find myself alone. But am I not already alone in this world from which I no longer expect anything?”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. ”
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“كلما ازددنا معرفة ازددنا شكًّا، فكل معرفة شك.
ومن يعرف أكثر يقلق أكثر، وييأس أكثر، ويهلك أكثر”
― غبار
ومن يعرف أكثر يقلق أكثر، وييأس أكثر، ويهلك أكثر”
― غبار
“I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, and yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.”
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“If you marry, you will regret it; if you do not marry, you will also regret it; if you marry or do not marry, you will regret both; Laugh at the world’s follies, you will regret it, weep over them, you will also regret that; laugh at the world’s follies or weep over them, you will regret both; whether you laugh at the world’s follies or weep over them, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it, believe her not, you will also regret that; believe a woman or believe her not, you will regret both; whether you believe a woman or believe her not, you will regret both. Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will also regret that; hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the sum and substance of all philosophy.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
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