• Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?

  Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
  French author, poet 1846-1870
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1. throughout
2. considered
3. fellow-man
4. believes
5. suspects
6. really

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Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn? by : Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

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