“After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.”
Source: I Am Legend and Other Stories
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Source: Enigmas Of Chance (1985), Chapter 5, Cornell, p. 96.
As translated by Lilia Graciela Vázquez
Variant: The impossibility of penetrating the divine scheme of the universe does not, however, dissuade us from planning human schemes, even though we know they must be provisional. The Analytic Language of Wilkins is not the least admirable of these schemes.
As translated by Will Fitzgerald
Other Inquisitions (1952), The Analytical Language of John Wilkins
Context: The impossibility of penetrating the divine pattern of the universe cannot stop us from planning human patterns, even though we are conscious they are not definitive. The analytic language of Wilkins is not the least admirable of such patterns.
The Sign (May 1938) This has been misquoted as: The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
“But nothing lasts, not even stone, not even despair.”
Source: Green Mars (1993), Chapter 3, “Long Runout” (p. 127)
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886)
