#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

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

— Arthur Eddington

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#himself #idol #mathematician #proof #pure

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. ↗

— John Updike

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#children #decided #education #equipped #fathers