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I say to myself, "It's true you never could have created Mahomet, but you'd never have praised Maupeou." So I've been mediocre, and I'm angry with my mediocrity. Yes, yes, I am mediocre and angry. I SAY TO MYSELF IT'S TRUE YOU NEVER COULD HAVE CREATED MAHOMET BUT YOU'D NEVER HAVE PRAISED MALPAU SO I'VE BEEN MEDIOCRE AND I'M ANGRY WITH MY MEDIOCRITY YES YES I AM MEDIOCRE AND ANGRY
esn't think just as you do and who doesn't put existing order on trial, without noticing he's renouncing his own existence. HIM: That's true. ME: So let's accept things as they are. Let's see what they cost us and what they bring us, leaving aside everything we don't know well enough to assign praise or blame--what's perhaps neither good nor bad, but what's necessary, as many respectable people think. HIM: I don't understand much about that spiel you've just given me. It seems like philosophy, and I warn you I'll not get mixed up in that. All I know is that I'd be quite happy to be someone else, on the off-chance I'd be a genius, a great man. Yes, I have to admit it. There's something there which speaks to me. I've never heard a single genius praised without such tributes to him making me secretly enraged. I get envious. When I learn about some detail of their private lives which demeans them, I listen with pleasure. That brings us closer together, and I bear my mediocrity more easily.  ALL ME THERE'S NO ONE WHO DOESN'T THINK JUST AS YOU DO AND WHO DOESN'T PUT EXISTING ORDER ON TRIAL WITHOUT NOTICING HE'S RENOUNCING HIS OWN EXISTENCE HIM THAT'S TRUE ME SO LET'S ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE LET'S SEE WHAT THEY COST US AND WHAT THEY BRING US LEAVING ASIDE EVERYTHING WE DON'T KNOW WELL ENOUGH TO ASSIGN PRAISE OR BLAME WHAT'S PERHAPS NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD BUT WHAT'S NECESSARY AS MANY RESPECTABLE PEOPLE THINK HIM I DON'T UNDERSTAND MUCH ABOUT THAT SPEEL YOU'VE JUST GIVEN ME IT SEEMS LIKE PHILOSOPHY AND I WARN YOU I'LL NOT GET MIXED UP IN THAT ALL I KNOW IS THAT I'D BE QUITE HAPPY TO BE SOME ONE ELSE ON THE OFF CHANCE I'D BE A GENIUS A GREAT MAN YES I HAVE TO ADMIT IT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WHICH SPEAKS TO ME I'VE NEVER HEARD A SINGLE GENIUS PRAISED WITHOUT SUCH TRIBUTES TO HIM MAKING ME SECRETLY ENRAGED I GET ENVIOUS WHEN I LEARN ABOUT SOME DETAILS OF THEIR PRIVATE LIVES WHICH DEMEANS THEM I LISTEN WITH PLEASURE THAT BRINGS US CSE TOGETHER AND I BEAR MY MEDIOCRITY MORE EASILY
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