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Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives
— Alfred De Musset
Tags: writing, romanticism, language

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Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest
— Alfred De Musset Lorenzaccio
Tags: sin, religion, christianity
You’re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. You’re alone, so you think it’s a vast, magnificent panorama. You haven’t sounded the depths. You simply believe in the beauty of God’s creation. But I have spent all this time in the water, diving deep into the howling ocean of life, deeper than anyone. While you were admiring the surface, I saw the shipwrecks, the drowned bodies, the monsters of the deep
— Alfred De Musset Lorenzaccio
Tags: life, god, decadent, decadence
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