"The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose."

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My profession lent itself nicely to my vocation for heights. It freed me of any bitterness towards my fellow men, who were alwaysin my debt, without my owing them anything. It placed me above the judge whom, I in turn judged, above the defendant whom I forced into gratitude.

— Albert Camus