#tortures

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers. ↗

— Lucretius

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#bitterness #delight #flowers #fountain #heart

The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow. ↗

— John Strachan

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#disturb #fall #fills #him #his

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

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#himself #idol #mathematician #proof #pure