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“
We're ashamed of not being richer in heart and everything else, and also of having judged humanity worse than it really is.
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Louis-Ferdinand Céline
,
Journey to the End of the Night
(1932)
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Author
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Source
Journey to the End of the Night
Topic
humanity
heart
Date
1932
Language
English
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Translated by Ralph Manheim
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"We're ashamed of not being richer in heart and everything else, and also of having judged humanity worse than it really is." Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night (1932).
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