You have no effect on me with your gesture of Hippocrates…
““You have no effect on me with your gesture of Hippocrates refusing bric-a-brac from Artaxerxes. I dispense you from quieting me. Anyway, I'm sad. What would you have me tell you? Man is wicked, man is deformed; the butterfly has succeeded, man has missed. God failed on this animal. A crowd gives you nothing but a choice of ugliness. The first man you meet will be a wretch. 'Femme' rhymes with 'infâme', woman is infamous. Yes, I have the spleen, in addition to melancholy, with nostalgia, plus hypochondria, and I sneer, and I rage, and I yawn, and I'm tired, and I'm bored, and I'm tormented! Let God go to the Devil!””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
The speaker expresses deep cynicism about humanity, suffering, and divine failure, mixing melancholy with anger.
In simple terms: Cynical lament about human flaws and divine disappointment.
Question assumptions about humanity.
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When to use this quote
- personal diary
- literary monologue
- philosophical debate
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How does satire reveal truth?
Is despair productive?