We run heedlessly into the ...

We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it.
We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it.

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We are all something, but none of us are everything.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.
Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.