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If, on my arrival here, I hadn't found ready made the proverb which says "A fool's money is the inheritance of a man with brains" I'd have invented it. I felt that nature had put what was legitimately mine into the safe keeping of these idols, so I devised thousands of ways of getting it back for myself. IF ON MY ARRIVAL HERE I HADN'T FOUND READY MADE THE PROVERB WHICH SAYS A FOOL'S MONEY IS THE INHERITANCE OF A MAN WITH BRAINS I'D HAVE INVENTED IT I FELT THAT NATURE HAD PUT WHAT WAS LEGITIMATELY MINE INTO THE SAFE KEEPING OF THESE IDOLS SO I DEVISED THOUSANDS OF WAYS OF GETTING IT BACK FOR MYSELF
e smiled. She assumed an imposing and serious expression when she formed my dear uncle Rameau, whom people will call the Great Rameau for ten years and then, in a little while, won't mention any more. When nature did up his nephew, she made grimace after grimace, and then grimaced again." While he uttered these words, he made all sorts of faces--disgust, disdain, irony--and he seemed to be kneading in his fingers a piece of dough and smiling at the ridiculous shapes he made with it. This done, he threw the misshapen idol far away from him and said, "That's how nature made me and threw me away, alongside other idols, some with shriveled stomachs, short necks, huge eyes outside their heads, apoplectic, others with wry necks, wizened, with a vibrant eye and a hooked nose. All of them started to laugh when they saw me. And I put my two fists against my sides and exploded with laughter when I saw them, for fools and madmen amuse each other. They seek each other out. They attract each other.  VINCI PER GO LAZY AND DUNY SHE SMILED SHE ASSUMED AN IMPOSING AND SERIOUS EXPRESSION WHEN SHE FORMED MY DEAR UNCLE RAMEAU WHOM PEOPLE WILL CALL THE GREAT RAMEAU FOR TEN YEARS AND THEN IN A LITTLE WHILE WON'T MENTION ANY MORE WHEN NATURE DID UP HIS NEPHEW SHE MADE GRIMACE AFTER GRIMACE AND THEN GRIMACED AGAIN WHILE HE UTTERED THESE WORDS HE MADE ALL SORTS OF FACES DISGUST DISDAIN IRONY AND HE SEEMED TO BE KNEADING IN HIS FINGERS A PIECE OF DOUGH AND SMILING AT THE RIDICULOUS SHAPES HE MADE WITH IT THIS DONE HE THREW THE MISSHAPEN IDYL FAR AWAY FROM HIM AND SAID THAT'S HOW NATURE MADE ME AND THREW ME AWAY ALONGSIDE OTHER IDOLS SOME WITH SHRIVELLED STOMACHS SHORT NECKS HUGE EYES OUTSIDE THEIR HEADS APOPLECTIC MOTHERS WITH RYE NECKS WIZENED WITH A VIBRANT EYE AND A HOOKED NOSE ALL OF THEM STARTED TO LAUGH WHEN THEY SAW ME AND I PUT MY TWO FISTS AGAINST MY SIDES AND EXPLODED WITH LAUGHTER WHEN I SAW THEM FOR FOOLS AND MADMEN AMUSE EACH OTHER THEY SEEK EACH OTHER OUT THEY ATTRACT EACH OTHER
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