Life itself, too, is forever turning an infinitely vacant, dispiriting…

Vincent Van Gogh
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Life itself, too, is forever turning an infinitely vacant, dispiriting blank side towards man on which nothing appears, any more than it does on a blank canvas. But no matter how vacant and vain, how dead life may appear to be, the man of faith, of energy, of warmth, who knows something, will not be put off so easily. ✨ Vincent van Gogh (2014). Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated), p.2333, Delphi Classics
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