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We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
— Henry David Thoreau, Journal (1850)

1mo ago

The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also endure its pains. Whether you like it or not, you cannot have one without the other.

3mo ago

The universe is a harmony of tensions, like that of the bow and the lyre. It is in the opposition of things that the finest attunement is found, and from things that differ comes the most beautiful concord.

3mo ago

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The Quantity Theory of Morality – raucously inventive state-of-the-nation satire

the surface of the collective psyche was like the worn, stripy ticking of an old mattress. If you punched into its coiled hide at any point, another part would spring up – there was no action without reaction, no laughter without tears, no normality without its pissing accompanist.

6mo ago

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