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Full Idea
What a preposterous notion, to draw circles in hell, to make the intensity of the flames vary in its compartments, to hierarchise its torments! The important thing is to be there.
Gist of Idea
Circles of hell are ridiculous; all that matters is to be there
Source
E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], '1 'La Perduta')
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.79