I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away and wanted to shoot myself.
Søren Kierkegaard (Journal Entry for March, 1836)
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“but”? I would have said, “so”.
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It might be a translation issue! Have you read him. I think he's a delightful writer. I've only read The Seducer's Diary.
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I haven’t. I know I should. There’s no one bleaker than a Scandinavian philosopher.
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Philosopher is redundant here.
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