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ME: You've done well to reveal these mysteries to me. Without that I would've thought you were contradicting yourself. ME YOU'VE DONE WELL TO REVEAL THESE MYSTERIES TO ME WITHOUT THAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE CONTRADICTING YOURSELF
ht. Perhaps it would be better to be a scoundrel than to look like one--insolence in a character is only insulting from time to time, but an insolent appearance is always insulting. As for the rest, don't go and imagine that I'm the only reader of this sort. I've no particular merit in this, except that I've done systematically, with a keen intelligence and a reasonable and true aim in mind, what most others do by instinct. That's the reason why what they read doesn't make them better than me and why they continue to be ridiculous in spite of themselves--whereas I'm ridiculous only when I choose to be, and then I leave them far behind me. For the same art which at certain times teaches me to save myself from being ridiculous also teaches me at other times to make myself ridiculous in a superior way. Then I recall everything other people have said, everything I've read, and I add to those everything from my own capital funds, which in this type of thing are a surprisingly rich resource. FROM MORNING TO NIGHT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BE A SCOUNDREL THAN TO LOOK LIKE ONE INSOLENCE IN A CHARACTER IS ONLY INSULTING FROM TIME TO TIME BUT AN INSOLENT APPEARANCE IS ALWAYS INSULTING AS FOR THE REST DON'T GO AND IMAGINE THAT I'M THE ONLY READER OF THIS SORT I'VE NO PARTICULAR MERIT IN THIS EXCEPT THAT I'VE DONE SYSTEMATICALLY WITH A KEEN INTELLIGENCE AND A REASONABLE AND TRUE AIM IN MIND WHAT MOST OTHERS DO BY INSTINCT THAT'S THE REASON WHY WHAT THEY READ DOESN'T MAKE THEM BETTER THAN ME AND WHY THEY CONTINUE TO BE RIDICULOUS IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES WHEREAS I'M RIDICULOUS ONLY WHEN I CHOOSE TO BE AND THEN I LEAVE THEM FAR BEHIND ME FOR THE SAME ART WHICH AT CERTAIN TIMES TEACHES ME TO SAVE MYSELF FROM BEING RIDICULOUS ALSO TEACHES ME AT OTHER TIMES TO MAKE MYSELF RIDICULOUS IN A SUPERIOR WAY THEN I RECALL EVERYTHING OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID EVERYTHING I'VE READ AND I ADD TO LOSE EVERYTHING FROM MY OWN CAPITAL FUNDS WHICH IN THIS TYPE OF THING ARE A SURPRISINGLY RICH RESOURCE
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