“Objection to scientific knowledge: this world doesn't deserve to be known.”
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
“To tell the truth, I couldn't care less about the relativity of knowledge, simply because the world does not deserve to be known.”
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
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Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes
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Source: City of Ashes
