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

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Topic

Cutting loose Asceticism

Author

A.J. Liebling

Source

La Nautique

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Liebling, Abbott Joseph. "La Nautique." Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris. Simon & Schuster, 1959.

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