This is the rule, and there is no way to free oneself of it: as soon as the thought has arisen, it must be followed to the very end.
“Life is a very sad piece of buffoonery, because we have the need to fool ourselves continuously by the spontaneous creation of a reality (one for each and never the same for everyone) which, from time to time, reveals itself to be vain and illusory.“
Luigi Pirandello