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Quote by Georges Bataille
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him,

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. – Georges Bataille

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Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. – Georges Bataille

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Crime
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Georges Bataille
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Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys ones equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the mind which incessantly contradict what they have just established. – Georges Bataille

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Sanity
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Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his masters commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style. – W. H. Auden

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Slavery

Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. – Pearl Buck

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Slavery

It cannot in the opinion of His Majestys Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Slavery

Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Slavery

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