“I have nothing but contempt for you idiotic chosen ones who have the heart to rejoice when there are the damned in Hell and the poor on earth; as for me, I am on the side of men and I will not leave it.”

Act 6, sc. 6
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)

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French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, sc… 1905–1980

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