Sich der Welt recht erfreuen
„Niemals wirst du dich der Welt recht erfreuen, ehe nicht die See selbst in deinen Adern fließt, dich der Himmel umhüllt und die Sterne dich krönen.“ [Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations]
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There were no words. Not even in Shakespeare.
“ ‘Art, science — you seem to have paid a fairly high price for your happiness,’ said the Savage, when they were alone. ‘Anything else?’ ‘Well, religion, of course,’ replied the Controller. ‘There used to be something called God — before the Nine Years’ War. But I was forgetting; you know all about God, I suppose.’…