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It is a curious thing how poets tend to become ascetics.... even a debauch for them is a self-flagellation. they go on the loose in cruelty against themselves, admitting that they are pandering to, and despising, the lower self.
-D. H. Lawrence
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It Is A Curious Thing How Poets

D. H. Lawrence
It is a curious thing how poets tend to become ascetics.... even a debauch for them is a self-flagellation. they go on the loose in cruelty against themselves, admitting that they are pandering to, and despising, the lower self.
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