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Ferdydurke

Ferdydurke
Witold Gombrowicz

Ferdydurke is a novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published in 1937.

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“Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity… and here I am, reborn.”

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“Man is profoundly dependent on the reflection of himself in another man's soul, be it even the soul of an idiot.”

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“Beauty beheld in solitude is even more lethal.”

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“Our element is unending immaturity.”

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