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“There is no worse sickness for the soul, O you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection. The heart and eyes must bleed a lot before self-complacency falls away.”
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- Source:
- I, 3213-5 (tr. Helminski, 1990)
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- bc25e36221b478b0ab68957f8e2715d3146820c14f8b4bf20ad7e34e14bc4c99
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