Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
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The curtain of the universe is moth-eaten, and through its holes we see nothing now but mask and ghost.
Permalink to quote #48 Espousing the melancholy of ancient symbols, I would have freed myself; I would have shared the dignity of the abandoned gods, defending them against the insid…
Permalink to quote #50 Vague a l'ame - melancholy yearning for the end of the world.
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