Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void.
Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature.
Positive emotion alienated from the exercise of character leads to emptiness, to inauthenticity, to depression, and, as we age, to the gnawing realization that we are fidgeting until we die.
Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
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