Quote by Claude Levi-Strauss
Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit

Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation. – Claude Levi-Strauss

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