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Reminds me of Victor Hugo's famous quote: 'Melancholy is the happiness of being sad,' (La mélancolie, c'est le bonheur d'être triste)
by ithkuil 3y ago
Reminds me of Victor Hugo's famous quote:
'Melancholy is the happiness of being sad,'
(La mélancolie, c'est le bonheur d'être triste)
- aftoprokrustes 3y agoThis fits. The way the interviewee describes his relation witho Tolstoy couldbe the way I describe my relation with Hugo. I was obsessed with him for a few years, and read most of his fiction. It changed my relation with the world, and in particular obstacles and sadness
- layer8 3y agoI can’t quite put my finger on it, but for me melancholy doesn’t imply sadness.