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“Thou shalt not ask!” Don’t get to the bottom of things: if you do, you yourself will founder. Don’t seek the truth: you won’t find it and will lose yourself. “Thou shalt not ask!” The amount of truth that is beneficial will come to you with no effort; it’s mixed with delusions and lies, but that’s for the sake of your health—in pure form it would burn your insides. Don’t try to cleanse your soul of lies—many other things will be lost, too, things you haven’t considered. You’ll lose your bearings and everything that’s dear to you. “Thou shalt not ask!” — Hjalmar Söderberg (Doctor Glas)
Thou shalt not ask!” Don’t get to the bottom of things: if you do, you yourself will founder.
Don’t seek the truth: you won’t find it and will lose yourself. “Thou shalt not ask!” The amount
of truth that is beneficial will come to you with no effort; it’s mixed with delusions and lies,
but that’s for the sake of your health—in pure form it would burn your insides. Don’t try to
cleanse your soul of lies—many other things will be lost, too, things you haven’t considered.
You’ll lose your bearings and everything that’s dear to you. “Thou shalt not ask!