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"either a hero, or mud; there was no middle. indeed, this is what ruined me, because, mired down in filth, i would console myself with the thought that at other times i was a hero, and the hero redeemed the filth. as if to say: it would be shameful for an ordinary man to get mired down, but a hero is too sublime to be completely defiled, hence he could wallow in filth."