The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.
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But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.Gustave Flaubert
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A thing derided is a thing dead a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.
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It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.
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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.
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Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.
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