BALTHAZAR
Digital electronic transcription by John O’Loughlin
Transcription Copyright © 2023 Centretruths Digital Media
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The
mirror sees the man as beautiful, the mirror
loves the man; another mirror sees the man as
frightful and hates him; and it is always the same
being who produces the impressions.
D.A.F. DE SADE: Justine
Yes,
we insist upon those details, you veil them with
a decency which removes all their edge of horror;
there remains only what is useful to whoever wishes
to become familiar with man; you have no conception
how helpful these tableaux are to the development
of the human spirit; perhaps we are still so
benighted with respect to this branch of learning
only because of the stupid restraint of those who
wish to write upon such matters. Inhabited by
absurd fears, they only discuss the puerilities with
which every fool is familiar and dare not, by
turning a bold hand to the human heart, offer
its gigantic idiosyncrasies to our view.
D.A.F. DE SADE: Justine