About This Quote
If life is a punishment, then the only answer is to wish for an end. If life is a test of our perseverance, then we should wish it to be short. In both of these examples, the author believes that our existence is something of a punishment. In other words, we are born into a world where we have to do things that will harm us. However, one of the greatest forms of grace available to us is that we can choose not to care about the consequences of our actions.
Source: Paul And Virginia By Bernardin De St. Pierre, Fiction, Literary
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