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HIM: I think you're making fun of me, Mister Philosopher. You don't know who you're playing with. You don't suspect that at this moment I represent the most important party in the town and at court. The wealthy people in all professions either have told themselves the same things I've confided to you or they have not, but the fact is that the life I'd live in their place is exactly the life they lead. That's just where you are, too, you others. You believe that happiness is the same thing for everyone. HIM I THINK YOU'RE MAKING FUN OF ME MISTER PHILOSOPHER YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE PLAYING WITH YOU DON'T SUSPECT THAT AT THIS MOMENT I REPRESENT THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTY IN THE TOWN AND AT COURT THE WEALTHY PEOPLE IN ALL PROFESSIONS EITHER HAVE TOLD THEMSELVES THE SAME THINGS I'VE CONFIDED TO YOU OR THEY HAVE NOT BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE LIFE I'D LIVE IN THEIR PLACE IS EXACTLY THE LIFE THEY LEAD THAT'S JUST WHERE YOU ARE TO YOU OTHERS YOU BELIEVE THAT HAPPINESS IS THE SAME THING FOR EVERYONE
 and they'll tear them apart, if there are any still to be found. And then we'll have girls, and all address each other as friends when we're drunk, and we'll get drunk. We'll make up stories. We'll have all sorts of quirks and vices. It will be delicious. We'll prove that Voltaire has no genius, that Buffon is always strutting formally on stilts and is nothing but a bombastic windbag, that Montesquieu is nothing more than a witty fellow. We'll consign d'Alembert to his mathematics, and we'll throw down onto their bellies and backs all those little Catos, like you, who despise us from envy, whose modesty is a coat covering their pride, and whose sobriety is a law arising from their own needs. And music? That's when we'll make music. ME: Given the dignified way you'd use your wealth I see what a great pity it is that you're a pauper. You'd live in a way that would confer great honour on the human species and would be really useful to your fellow citizens and truly glorious for yourself. ONEST PEOPLE TO SHREDS AND THEY'LL TEAR THEM APART IF THERE ARE ANY STILL TO BE FOUND AND THEN WE'LL HAVE GIRLS AND ALL ADDRESS EACH OTHER AS FRIENDS WHEN WE'RE DRUNK AND WE'LL GET DRUNK WE'LL MAKE UP STORIES WE'LL HAVE ALL SORTS OF CORKS AND VICES IT WILL BE DELICIOUS WE'LL PROVE THAT VOLTAIRE HAD NO GENIUS THAT BUFFON IS ALWAYS STRUTTING FORMALLY ON STILTS AND IS NOTHING BUT A BOMBASTIC WIND BAG THAT MONTESQUIEU IS NOTHING MORE THAN A WITTY FELLOW WE'LL CONSIGN DALEMBERT TO HIS MATHEMATICS AND WE'LL THROW DOWN ON TO THEIR BELLIES AND BACKS ALL THOSE LITTLE CATOES LIKE YOU WHO DESPISE US FROM ENVY WHOSE MODESTY IS A COAT COVERING THEIR PRIDE AND WHOSE SOBRIETY IS A LAW ARISING FROM THEIR OWN NEEDS AND MUSIC THAT'S WHEN WE'LL MAKE MUSIC ME GIVEN THE DIGNIFIED WAY YOU'D USE YOUR WEALTH I SEE WHAT A GREAT PITY IT IS THAT YOU'RE A PAUPER YOU'D LIVE IN A WAY THAT WOULD CONFER GREAT HONOR ON THE HUMAN SPECIES AND WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL TO YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND TRULY GLORIOUS FOR YOURSELF
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