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HIM: But I envy your talent not because I want to speak the truth but in order to tell lies well. If I could write, do up a book, turn out a dedicatory epistle, intoxicate a fool with his own merit, insinuate myself close to women. HIM BUT I ENVY YOUR TALENT NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH BUT IN ORDER TO TELL LIES WELL IF I COULD WRITE DO UP A BOOK TURN OUT A DEDICATORY EPISTLE INTOXICATE A FOOL WITH HIS OWN MERIT INSINUATE MYSELF CLOSE TO WOMEN
 how to set up, prepare, and resolve. Nothing is so insipid as a sequence of perfect chords. There has to be something which acts as a spur, which breaks up the light and scatters its rays. ME: That's very good. With this comparison you bring me back from morality to music, which I'd strayed from in spite of myself. I thank you for that, for, to be perfectly frank with you, I like you better as a musician than as a moralist. HIM: But I'm very second-rate in music and much better as a moralist. ME: I doubt it, but even if that were true, I'm a good man, and your principles are not the same as mine. HIM: So much the worse for you. Ah, if I only had your talents. ME: Leave my talents out of it. Let's get back to yours. HIM: If only I knew how to express myself like you. But my way of speaking is such a devilish mixture--half from the people of the literary world, half from the street market. ME: I speak badly. I only know how to speak the truth, and that's not always welcome, as you know. N THE SOCIAL HARMONY WHICH HE MUST KNOW HOW TO SET UP PREPARE AND RESOLVE NOTHING IS SO INSIPID AS A SEQUENCE OF PERFECT CHORDS THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WHICH ACTS AS A SPUR WHICH BREAKS UP THE LIGHT AND SCATTERS ITS RAYS ME THAT'S VERY GOOD WITH THIS COMPARISON YOU BRING ME BACK FROM MORALITY TO MUSIC WHICH I'D STRAIGHT FROM IN SPITE OF MYSELF I THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK WITH YOU I LIKE YOU BETTER AS A MUSICIAN THAN AS A MORALIST HIM BUT I'M VERY SECOND RATE IN MUSIC AND MUCH BETTER AS A MORALIST ME I DOUBT IT BUT EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE I'M A GOOD MAN AND YOUR PRINCIPLES ARE NOT THE SAME AS MINE HIM SO MUCH THE WORSE FOR YOU AH IF I ONLY HAD YOUR TALENTS ME LEAVE MY TALENTS OUT OF IT LET'S GET BACK TO YOURS HIM IF ONLY I KNEW HOW TO EXPRESS MYSELF LIKE YOU BUT MY WAY OF SPEAKING IS SUCH A DEVILISH MIXTURE HALF FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE LITERARY WORLD HALF FROM THE STREET MARKET ME I SPEAK BADLY I ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPEAK THE TRUTH AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS WELCOME AS YOU KNOW
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