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A perfectly true thought, expressed in very sound terms, can satisfy the reason without giving any impression of the Beautiful; but in that case certainly there is something false in its statement. It is essential that Truth be in Glory. Splendor of style is not a luxury. It is a necessity.

— Léon Bloy Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

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There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint.

One sees the world's evil accurately only by exaggerating it.

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My anger is the effervescence of my pity.

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You are always on the right side when you are with those who suffer persecution and injustice.

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