“You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you think absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you despise, condemn, and know lack all foundation.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSocialMoralFashionAngerInstitutionsFoundationAbsurdDespiseConventionsObligedCowardlyFormality Book:The Torture Garden Source: The Torture Garden
“Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to submit to certain absurd duties, and a natural result of the distorted, unbalanced education given to them. This laziness, which leads to an insuperable reluctance to learn, is, contrary to appearances, sometimes proof of intellectual superiority and a condemnation of the teacher.” ChildrenSometimesCertainGivenNaturalResultsTeacherDutyIntellectualPassionateAppearanceAwakeningProofContraryAbsurdPsychologicalCuriousLazinessSubmitSuperioritySensitivityInabilityCondemnationReluctanceUnbalancedIntellectual Superiority Author:Octave Mirbeau
