When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their subl…

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When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently. ✨ Henry Miller (1970). The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, p.85, New Directions Publishing
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