I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. … - Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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In the act of deciding what to eliminate, you place value on what's left behind.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me. . . and plenty of other people. . . twenty years and the war to learn to stick to my class and ask the price of things before touching them, let alone setting my heart on them.

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