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“Under each formula lies a corpse.”

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This book delves into the intricate mechanisms and effects of decay, examining how it shapes the natural world and human experiences across different domains. more

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Emile M. Cioran

Emile M. Cioran was a Romanian-born French philosopher known for his pessimistic and existentialist views. His works deeply explored the essence of human existence, suffering, and nihilism. more

“You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Character Kids Lord Written Jokes Crosses Criticism Ran Temples Academic Worthless Chasing Clown Our Lord Literary Criticism

Book:The Good Life According to Hemingway

Source: The Good Life According to Hemingway

“It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.”

Mind Weariness Contractions

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.”

War Desire Enemy Conditions Reconciliation Weariness Unlucky

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long.”

Men Life May Long Pain Night Goal Invisible March Foe Weariness

Book:Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

“When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish it is then that you must not hesitate.”

Giving Has Beens Seems Wish Morning Determination Legs Endless Muscles Climbs Replaced Strain Weariness Freshness

Author:Dag Hammarskjold

“She is deceitful as the calm that precedes the hurricane, smooth as the water on the verge of the cataract, and beautiful as the rainbow, that smiling daughter of the storm; but, like the mirage in the desert, she tantalizes us with a delusion that distance creates, and that contiguity destroys.”

Daughter Storm Rainbow

Author:Charles Caleb Colton

“That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.”

Made Light Tears Rainbow Gracious

Book:Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Man Behind The Lyrics (Illustrated Edition): Autobiographical Works (Memoirs, Complete Letters, Literary Introspection, Thoughts and Notes on Poetry); Including Extensive Biographies and Studies on S. T. Coleridge

Source: Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Man Behind The Lyrics (Illustrated Edition): Autobiographical Works (Memoirs, Complete Letters, Literary Introspection, Thoughts and Notes on Poetry); Including Extensive Biographies and Studies on S. T. Coleridge

“Rain, rain, and sun! A rainbow in the sky!”

Sun Sky Rain Rainbow

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

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