What do they gain, if the very tranquillity they enjoy is one of their miseries? Tranquillity is found also… — Jean Jacques Rousseau
What do they gain, if the very tranquillity they enjoy is one of their miseries? Tranquillity is found also in dungeons; but is that enough to make them desirable places to live in? The Greeks imprisoned in the cave of the Cyclops lived there very tranquilly, while they were awaiting their turn to be devoured.
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