Men are so made that they cannot occupy themselves with the ... - Giambattista Vico

"Men are so made that they cannot occupy themselves with the most important things without intermixing with them a certain frivolity"

Giambattista Vico Philosophy

Philosopher Historian Philologist Italian 1668–1744

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"Sometimes I wonder if the world is worth saving."

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