“A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something” WorldSaidWishReliefJustifyPessimismWish YouPessimistCheerfulnessOverlooked Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.” IfsThinkingDoeStatesSeemsWould BeWishDarkExistenceForeverAtheismEternityPositive AtheismEndlessCeaseRelief Author:Emily Dickinson
“Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. It sets the slave at liberty, carries the banished man home, and places all mortals on the same level, insomuch that life itself were a punishment without it.” MenEndsHomeDeathWishLevelsLibertySlavePunishmentMortalsReliefCarrie Author:Seneca the Younger