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The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, an

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. – Henry David Thoreau

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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

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To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality. – Guillaume Apollinaire

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Purity is the power to contemplate defilement. – Simone Weil

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Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. – Simone Weil

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