Monday, October 27, 2008

a consolation

the sincerity of uncleanness pleases us, and is a relief to the soul. when a man has spent his time on earth enduring the spectacle of the grand airs assumed by reasons of state, oaths, political wisdom, human justice, professional honesty, the necessities of position, incorruptible robes, it is a consolation to enter a sewer and see the slime that befits it.

-victor hugo les miserables

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