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1 " A real person, profoundly as we may sympathize with him, is in a great measure perceptible only through our senses, that is to say, remains opaque, presents a dead weight which our sensibilities have not the strength to lift. If some misfortune comes to him, it is only in one small section of the complete idea we have of him that we are capable of feeling any emotion; indeed it is only in one small section of the complete idea he has of himself that he is capable of feeling any emotion either. "
― Marcel Proust , Swann's Way
2 " Melancholy in a capitalist, like the appearance of a comet, presages some misfortune to the world. "
― Alexandre Dumas , The Count of Monte Cristo
