Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?


The Confessions of S. Augustine (ed. 1853)

Augustine of Hippo Quotes

Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?

Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?

Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?

Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?