It is to abandon the memory, and always remember this abandonment of the memory in the pain, and enjoy the pleasure of the illusion in the pain.
Love transcends in the pain of this abandonment of memory.
Get married and you will regret it. If you don't get married, you will regret it too. Marry or not, you will still regret it. You will regret it whether you marry or not. Laugh at the folly of the world, and you will regret them; lament them, and you will regret them. Laugh at or lament the folly of the world, and you will regret it. Whether you laugh at the world's folly or lament it, you will regret it. Trust a girl and you will regret it. Don't trust her, you will regret it too. Trust a girl or distrust her and you will regret it. Whether you trust a girl or not. You will all regret it. Hang yourself and you will regret it. Don't let yourself hang yourself, you will regret it too. Hang yourself or not allow yourself to be hanged, and you will regret it. Whether you hang yourself or don't let yourself hang yourself, you will regret it. Gentlemen, this is the essence of all the wisdom of life. As Spinoza said, this is not just an isolated moment when I aeterno modo [with immortality] to think about everything.
-- "Thriller and Uneasy: Kierkegaard's Occasional Collection", by Kierkegaard, translated by Yan Jia et al.
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