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“But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish us from the dust whence we sprung, and whither we must return.”
― The Castle of Otranto
― The Castle of Otranto
“I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel – a solution of why Democritus laughed and Heraclitus wept.”
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“May I write words more naked than flesh,
stronger than bone, more resilient than
sinew, sensitive than nerve.”
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stronger than bone, more resilient than
sinew, sensitive than nerve.”
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“Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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