Quote by Virginia Woolf

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decom

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This quote suggests that the speaker is disgusted with the prominence of insignificant individuals getting attention and recognition in written records or media. The phrase "decomposing in the eternity of print" implies that these personalities are forever immortalized in print, despite being unworthy of such recognition. The sight of this overwhelms the speaker with nausea, expressing their disdain for the futile and unimportant figures gaining excessive exposure and status in society.

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By Virginia Woolf

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