Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams,
Words!
• "Le Gouffre" [The Abyss], Nouvelles Fleurs du Mal (1862) http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Gouffre
Words!
• "Le Gouffre" [The Abyss], Nouvelles Fleurs du Mal (1862) http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Gouffre
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Hélas! tout est abîme, — action, désir, rêve, Parole!
— Eve on Charles Baudelaire
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Hélas! tout est abîme, — action, désir, rêve, Parole!" in the context of "Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams,
Words!
• "Le Gouffre" [The Abyss], Nouvelles Fleurs du Mal (1862) http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Gouffre" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Charles Baudelaire" (Quotes)
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About Eve
Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Classical Hebrew: Ḥawwāh, Modern Israeli Hebrew: Khavah, Arabic: حواء, Syriac: ܚܘܐ, Tigrinya: ሕይዋን? or Hiywan) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, in most Abrahamic traditions identified as the first woman. "Eve" in the Hebrew language is Ḥawwāh, meaning: "living one" or "source of life", and is related to ḥāyâ, "to live", derived from the Semitic root ḥyw.
About Eve
Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Classical Hebrew: Ḥawwāh, Modern Israeli Hebrew: Khavah, Arabic: حواء, Syriac: ܚܘܐ, Tigrinya: ሕይዋን? or Hiywan) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, in most Abrahamic traditions identified as the first woman. "Eve" in the Hebrew language is Ḥawwāh, meaning: "living one" or "source of life", and is related to ḥāyâ, "to live", derived from the Semitic root ḥyw.
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