Joseph de Maistre , French diplomat
said about Afterlife, Day, Eyes, Man, Pleasure, Risk...
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"Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure."
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