“An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for a time, a kind of dreary tranquillity.” HeartKindMayMomentsHandsLastsCertainEvilCausesGoes OnAnxietyBottomBeing TrueUncertainDrearyInstillTranquillity Book:Contempt Source: Contempt
“Modern man-whether in the womb of the masses, or with his workmates, or with his family, or alone-can never for one moment forget that he is living in a world in which he is a means and whose end is not his business.” MenWorldMeanEndsMomentsForgetModernMassWombModern Man Author:Alberto Moravia
