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There are already so many of them of every stripe, without counting those who are hypocritical even with themselves. THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY OF THEM OF EVERY STRIPE WITHOUT COUNTING THOSE WHO ARE HYPOCRITICAL EVEN WITH THEMSELVES
erhaps worse than nothing, because all the time I'd have to satirize the rich people among whom beggars like me have to find a living. People praise virtue, but they hate it. They run away from it, because it makes them freezing cold, and in this world one has to have warm feet. Besides, it would inevitably make me moody. Why else do we so often see devout people so hard, so angry, so unsociable? It's because they've imposed on themselves a task which isn't natural to them. They suffer, and when one suffers, one makes others suffer. That's not what I want, nor my patrons. I have to be happy, flexible, pleasant, funny, amusing. Virtue makes itself respected, and respect is uncomfortable. Virtue makes itself admired, and admiration is not amusing. My business is with people who are bored, and I have to make them laugh. So I have to be ridiculous and funny. And if nature had not made me that way, the simplest thing would be to appear like that. Fortunately, I don't need to be a hypocrite. TISE AND WHICH WOULD LEAD TO NOTHING PERHAPS WORSE THAN NOTHING BECAUSE ALL THE TIME I'D HAVE TO SATIRIZE THE RICH PEOPLE AMONG WHOM BEGGARS LIKE ME HAVE TO FIND A LIVING PEOPLE PRAISE VIRTUE BUT THEY HATE IT THEY RUN AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM FREEZING COLD AND IN THIS WORLD ONE HAS TO HAVE WARM FEET BESIDES IT WOULD INEVITABLY MAKE ME MOODY WHY ELSE DO WE SO OFTEN SEE DEVOUT PEOPLE SO HARD SO ANGRY SO UNSOCIABLE IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE IMPOSED ON THEMSELVES A TASK WHICH ISNATURAL TO THEM THEY SUFFER AND WHEN ONE SUFFERS ONE MAKES OTHERS SUFFER THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT NOR MY PATRONS I HAVE TO BE HAPPY FLEXIBLE PLEASANT FUNNY AMUSING VIRTUE MAKES ITSELF RESPECTED AND RESPECT IS UNCOMFORTABLE VIRTUE MAKES ITSELF ADMIRED AND ADMIRATION IS NOT AMUSING MY BUSINESS IS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE BORED AND I HAVE TO MAKE THEM LAUGH SO I HAVE TO BE RIDICULOUS AND FUNNY AND IF NATURE HAD NOT MADE ME THAT WAY THE SIMPLEST THING WOULD BE TO APPEAR LIKE THAT FORTUNATELY I DON'T NEED TO BE A HYPOCRITE
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