there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep. - Madame de Stael

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Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for this is that it is the very opposite of compassion.

Madame de Stael

there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.

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