“To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!”
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“Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.”
“It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.”