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The poet resembles this prince of cloud and sky Who frequents the tempest and laughs at the bowman; When exiled on the earth, the butt of hoots and jeers, His giant wings prevent him from walking.
“I whose holy sperm embalms the mountains, the lakes, the woods, the forests, the hills and the vastnesses of seas!”
― Les Chants de Maldoror
― Les Chants de Maldoror
“It is not easy to bring about the death of the entire race of men, and the law is there; but one may, with patience, exterminate the human ants one by one.”
― Les Chants de Maldoror
― Les Chants de Maldoror
“that feeling of wonderful stupefaction from which one generally seeks to protect those who pass their time reading books or magazines, I have made every effort to produce.”
― Les Chants de Maldoror
― Les Chants de Maldoror
“The Tathagatas have said that a fool is no one's friend, because the affection of a fool does not arise without self-interest.”
― A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
― A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
“Fear arises from desire, yet it passes away by itself. Generate fortitude and look at it with indifference.210”
― A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
― A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
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