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My soul’s a burden to me, I’ve had enough of it. I’m eager to be in that country, where the sun kills every question. I don’t belong here.

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I simply took refuge among women. As you know, they don't really condemn any weakness; they would be more inclined to try to humiliate or disarm our s...more

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Their pleasures are fierce and their sleep impenetrable. And they know that the body has a soul in which the soul has no part.

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The only deep emotion I occasionally felt in these affairs was gratitude, when all was going well and I was left, not only peace, but freedom to come ...more

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On the whole men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or ...more