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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be… — A.J. Liebling

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. Hitler was the archetype of the abstemious man.

A.J. Liebling
1962
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Cutting looseAsceticism
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1962
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A.J. Liebling
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Liebling, Abbott Joseph. "La Nautique." Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris. Simon & Schuster, 1959.

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