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Jedes geeinzelte Du ist ein Durchblick zu ihm. Durch jedes geeinzelte Du spricht das Grundwort das Ewige an. Every particularThou is a glimpse through to the eternal Thou; by means of every particularThou the primary word addresses the eternal Thou. 164

-Buber, Martin
  Ich und Du (translated by R G Smith as I and Thou,1936).

La cruaute¤  , bien loin d'e"  tre un vice, est le premier sentiment qu'imprime en nous la nature; l'enfant brise son hochet, mord le te¤  ton de sa nourrice, e¤  trangle son oiseau, bien avant que d'avoir l'a"  ge de raison. Far from being a vice, cruelty is the primary feeling that nature imprints in us. The infant breaks its rattle, bites its nurse's nipple, and strangles a bird, well before reaching the age of reason.

-Sade, Donatien Alphonse Fran c° ois, Marquis de
  La Philosophie dans le boudoir.

La premie'  re condition pour e¤  crire, c'est une manie'  re de sentir vive et forte. The primary requirement fora writer istofeel keenlyand strongly.

-Stae«  l, Germaine Necker, Baronne de
  De l'Allemagne.

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