Pt. I, ch. 2
Confession (1882)
Context: I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain. I killed people in war, challenged men to duels with the purpose of killing them, and lost at cards; I squandered the fruits of the peasants' toil and then had them executed; I was a fornicator and a cheat. Lying, stealing, promiscuity of every kind, drunkenness, violence, murder — there was not a crime I did not commit... Thus I lived for ten years.
For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), Jewish Problem
“In every pang that rends the heart
The Man of Sorrows had a part”
"Where high the heavenly temple stands".
“The sigh that rends thy constant heart
Shall break thy Edwin's too.”
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 8, The Hermit (Edwin and Angelina), st. 33.
“By far the worst pain
Is not to understand
Why without love or hate
My heart's full of pain.”
C'est bien la pire peine
De ne savoir pourquoi
Sans amour et sans haine
Mon cœur a tant de peine!
"Il pleur dans mon cœur" line 13, from Romances sans paroles (1874); Sorrell p. 71
“Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.”
