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> [In Dante the hero would rather flee and renounce the tempting embrace instead of yielding to his desires and enduring the attendant dangers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/in-dante-the-hero-would-rather-flee-and-renounce-the-tempting-embrace/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

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## More by Peter Weiss

> [The only truths we can point to are the ever-changing truths of our own experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/the-only-truths-we-can-point-to-are-the-ever-changing-truths-of-our/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [“And the priests looked down into the pit of injustice and they turned their faces away and said, 'Our kingdom is not as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/and-the-priests-looked-down-into-the-pit-of-injustice-and-they-turned/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Don't be deceived when our Revolution has been finally stamped out and they tell you things are better now Even if there's no poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/don-t-be-deceived-when-our-revolution-has-been-finally-stamped-out/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Every death even the cruelest death drowns in the total indifference of Nature Nature herself would watch unmoved if we destroyed the entire human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/every-death-even-the-cruelest-death-drowns-in-the-total-indifference/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [What has gone wrong with the men who are ruling I'd like to know who they think they are fooling They told us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/what-has-gone-wrong-with-the-men-who-are-ruling-i-d-like-to-know-who/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Against Nature's silence I use action In the vast indifference I invent a meaning I don't watch unmoved I intervene and say that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/against-nature-s-silence-i-use-action-in-the-vast-indifference-i/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way out We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/we-re-all-so-clogged-with-dead-ideas-passed-from-generation-to/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [“We're all free and equal to die like dogs”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/we-re-all-free-and-equal-to-die-like-dogs/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [We've got rights the right to starve We've got jobs waiting for work We're all brothers lousy and dirty We're all free and equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/we-ve-got-rights-the-right-to-starve-we-ve-got-jobs-waiting-for-work/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Long ago I left heroics to the heroes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/long-ago-i-left-heroics-to-the-heroes/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [What's the point of a revolution without general copulation copulation copulation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/what-s-the-point-of-a-revolution-without-general-copulation/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Fight on land and sea All men want to be free If they don't never mind we'll abolish all mankind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/fight-on-land-and-sea-all-men-want-to-be-free-if-they-don-t-never/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [I could buy myself paper, a pen, a pencil and a brush and could create pictures whenever and wherever I wanted. ... That evening,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/i-could-buy-myself-paper-a-pen-a-pencil-and-a-brush-and-could-create/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/with-the-plundered-people-transferring-their-energies-into-relaxed/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/the-important-thing-is-to-pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-hair-to-turn/)

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