“Those who know what they want generally want trifles, and attain to inglorious ends: riches, fame, or at the best, progress or a philosophy of their own. Even now it is sometimes not a sin to laugh at such wonders, and maybe the time is coming when a rehabilitated Hamlet will announce, not with shame but with pride: “I don’t in the least know what I want.” And the crowd will applaud him, for the crowd always applauds heroes and proud men.”
– Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible
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