“I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.”

— Alfred de Musset

Je ne puis;—malgré moi l'infini me tourmente. <br class="br"> L'Espoir en Dieu http://books.google.com/books?id=AyxCAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Malgr%C3%A9+moi+l'infini+me+tourmente%22&pg=PA522#v=onepage, Revue des deux Mondes (1838).

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As quoted in The Observer [London] (28 September, 1952)

“I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.”

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