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In Dante the hero would rather flee
and renounce the tempting embrace
instead of yielding to his desires
and enduring the attendant dangers.

— Peter Weiss

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I've twisted and turned them every way,
And can see no ending to our play.

Marat/Sade (1963)

Only in his poetry did he have the courage to love.

Fight on land and sea
All men want to be free
If they don't
never mind
we'll abolish all mankind

Marat/Sade (1963)

We can say what we like without favour or fear
and what we can't say we can breathe in your ear

Marat/Sade (1963)

What's the point of a revolution
without general
copulation copulation copulation

Marat/Sade (1963)

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