'...it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy… — Franz Kafka
'...it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.In the Cathedral
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"Like a dog!" he said, it was as if the shame of it should outlive him.
They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest understanding, anyway. It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.
It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.
