Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sor…

Emile Durkheim
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Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. ✨ Emile Durkheim (2005). Suicide: A Study in Sociology, p.333, Routledge
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