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Profundity (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠this usage is the decorative word for confusion, the chaotic welter of symbols.

Profundity (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠men like deep wells — what falls in takes long to reach bottom, and spectators who don't wait call them harsh, immovable, or tedious.

Profundity (n.) belongs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not to thinkers whose stars all move in cyclic orbits but to one who carries galaxies inside and knows they lead into the chaos and labyrinth of existence.

Profundity (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a feeling is profound only because we regard the thoughts that come with it as profound, and if those thoughts are subtracted what remains is merely a strong feeling.

Profundity (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the German style is often merely a hard and sluggish digestion, since the German drags his soul along and never gets done with his experiences.

Profundity (n.) seeks ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠clarity; those who merely want to seem profound seek obscurity — for the crowd thinks whatever it cannot see to the bottom of must be deep.

Profundity (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠finds everything profound is an inconvenient trait: one strains one's eyes and in the end finds more than one might have wished.

Profundity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠wont to present as unresponsiveness. With deep men, as with deep wells, it takes a long time for anything that falls into them to hit bottom. Many impatient onlookers too quickly suppose them unresponsive, or even boring.