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“PAIN. The pain doesn't elevate, it shrivels. Far from improving us, it weakens us. It does not lead to sublime thoughts, it condemns people to no longer think at all. Pain is not an ennobling privilege, quite a knocking down scourge. LA DOULEUR. " La douleur n’élève pas, elle ratatine. Loin de nous améliorer, elle nous amenuise. Elle ne conduit pas à des pensées sublimes, elle condamne à ne plus penser du tout. La douleur n’a rien d’un privilège qui ennoblit, tout d’un fléau qui fout à terre. " ( Journal d'un amour perdu - 2019 - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt )”

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