#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

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

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#believe #boredom #even #even worse #fearing

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

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#inflict #mental #never #nightmare #ourselves