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For the same art which at certain times teaches me to save myself from being ridiculous also teaches me at other times to make myself ridiculous in a superior way. FOR THE SAME ART WHICH AT CERTAIN TIMES TEACHES ME TO SAVE MYSELF FROM BEING RIDICULOUS ALSO TEACHES ME AT OTHER TIMES TO MAKE MYSELF RIDICULOUS IN A SUPERIOR WAY
rtraits of them. I am myself, and I remain what I am. But I act and speak in a way that's suitable. I'm not one of those people who disparage the moralists. One can profit a lot from them, above all from those who have put morals into action. Vice doesn't hurt people, except now and then. But the visible features of vice injure them from morning to night. Perhaps it would be better to be a scoundrel than to look like one--insolence in a character is only insulting from time to time, but an insolent appearance is always insulting. As for the rest, don't go and imagine that I'm the only reader of this sort. I've no particular merit in this, except that I've done systematically, with a keen intelligence and a reasonable and true aim in mind, what most others do by instinct. That's the reason why what they read doesn't make them better than me and why they continue to be ridiculous in spite of themselves--whereas I'm ridiculous only when I choose to be, and then I leave them far behind me. VE PROVIDED EXCELLENT PORTRAITS OF THEM I AM MYSELF AND I REMAIN WHAT I AM BUT I ACT AND SPEAK IN A WAY THAT SUITABLE I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DISPARAGE THE MORALISTS ONE CAN PROFIT A LOT FROM THEM ABOVE ALL FROM THOSE WHO HAVE PUT MORALS INTO ACTION VICE DOESN'T HURT PEOPLE EXCEPT NOW AND THEN BUT THE VISIBLE FEATURES OF VICE INJURE THEM FROM MORNING TO NIGHT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BE A SCOUNDREL THAN TO LOOK LIKE ONE INSOLENCE IN A CHARACTER IS ONLY INSULTING FROM TIME TO TIME BUT AN INSOLENT APPEARANCE IS ALWAYS INSULTING AS FOR THE REST DON'T GO AND IMAGINE THAT I'M THE ONLY READER OF THIS SORT I'VE NO PARTICULAR MERIT IN THIS EXCEPT THAT I'VE DONE SYSTEMATICALLY WITH A KEEN INTELLIGENCE AND A REASONABLE AND TRUE AIM IN MIND WHAT MOST OTHERS DO BY INSTINCT THAT'S THE REASON WHY WHAT THEY READ DOESN'T MAKE THEM BETTER THAN ME AND WHY THEY CONTINUE TO BE RIDICULOUS IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES WHEREAS I'M RIDICULOUS ONLY WHEN I CHOOSE TO BE AND THEN I LEAVE THEM FAR BEHIND ME
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