Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner or later, he will regret not having left it intact.
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Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.
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Permalink to quote #87 We are born to exist, not to know, to be, not to assert ourselves.
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