Take heart and find a remedy in work
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 6 July 1882
I then felt an inexpressible melancholy inside, which I cannot possibly describe. I know that then I often, often thought of a manly saying of father Millet's: It has always seemed to me that suicide was the deed of a dishonest man.
The emptiness, the unutterable misery within me made me think, Yes, I can understand people drowning themselves. But I was far from approving this, I found strength in the above-mentioned saying, and thought it much better to take heart and find a remedy in work. And you know how I put this into practice.
Letter 212
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I then felt an inexpressible melancholy inside, which I cannot possibly describe. I know that then I often, often thought of a manly saying of father Millet's: It has always seemed to me that suicide was the deed of a dishonest man.
The emptiness, the unutterable misery within me made me think, Yes, I can understand people drowning themselves. But I was far from approving this, I found strength in the above-mentioned saying, and thought it much better to take heart and find a remedy in work. And you know how I put this into practice.
Letter 212
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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