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Ascolo Parodites
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Thus noble souls, they desire to have nothing gratuitously, least of all, life.
He who is of the populace so wisheth to live, yet we others, however, to who life
hath given herself in affiance -- we are considering what we can best give in return.
Naye.
Verily do I rather give ye this noble dictum which saith:
" Glorificatio, Glorificatio! Disdain thou tegat commissa! Glory is the oldest
aesthetic!"
Seek ye not for guilt, seek ye not for pain, seek ye not for enjoyment, seek ye not for comfort.
Seek ye for hope, and get ye a new faith therefor.
For guilt and pain are family with Hope, and enjoyment and comfort are familiar with faith;
and lacking Hope all seeking is a Faith with vain striving!
Upon the World ye shall give nothing back in return, wherein God holdest himself in affiance with Sin.
For Hope lieth not upon the Affirmation of memories, but upon the Redemption of their impressions!
All ye must do is Hope! And get ye a new faith thereunto!
FOR verily I say unto you, the Glory of God is the only Hope for Man! That is the philosophy of innocence!
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Man, thy flesh is not tender, - thy skin far from lamb's skin: - -
For thou art not ashamed to bear the standard of the man of whom Ecce Homo was said,
for thou art guilty of that oldest of humanistic prides,
for thou art the all-too-human critic.
Wilst thou seek for guilt and for pain now? Being that guilt and pain springs from thee?
Therefor I love the ones that do not wish to preserve themselves.
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Verily, say I, - believe ye not in the pride of man.
For surely the Pride of Man is but the spring of Guilt and of Pain become to exuberance,
such that lacking Hope man's seeking becomes a Faith with vain striving.
Verily, this is what you call Pride.
1. viz. the Fall of Man and introduction of Sin.
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