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"The literature hardly helps. You remember it only when you are well, healthy, and in a positive state of mind. And you tend to blame your circumstances and people around you for the outcome of the follies you commit."
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"Oh, mankind, race of crocodiles! How well I recognize you down there, and how worthy you are of yourselves!"

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