Ocupation: Novelist
Life: November 11, 1821 - February 9, 1881
Birthday: November 11
Death: February 9
Nothing could be more absurd than moral lessons at such a moment! Oh, self-satisfied people: with what proud self-satisfaction such babblers are ready to utter their pronouncements! If they only knew to what degree I myself understand all the loathsomeness of my present condition, they wouldn't have the heart to teach me.
topic: Heart, Self, People, Moral Lessons