Two Similar Faces, Neither Of Which Alone

Something Incomprehensible Is Not For That Reason Less Real.

We Never Do Evil So Effectually As When We Are Led To Do It By A False Principle Of Conscience.

All Mankind's Troubles Are Caused By One Single Thing, Which Is Their Inability To Sit Quietly.

All Err The More Dangerously Because Each Follows A Truth. Their Mistake Lies Not In Following A Falsehood But In Not Following Another Truth.

Do They Think That They Have Given Us Great Pleasure By Telling Us That They Hold Our Soul To Be No More Than Wind Or Smoke, And Saying It Moreover In Tones Of Pride And Satisfaction? Is This Then Something To Be Said Gaily? Is It Not On The Contrary Something To Be Said Sadly, As Being The Saddest Thing In The World?