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> [“You do not carry the cross. Instead you are all crucified on the timber of your sufficiency, which is given to you, the more you insist, the more you bleed: it suits you to say you carry the cross like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-michelstaedter/you-do-not-carry-the-cross-instead-you-are-all-crucified-on-the/)

Carlo Michelstaedter

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## Other authors on Sacred Duty

## More by Carlo Michelstaedter

> [“You do not carry the cross. Instead you are all crucified on the timber of your sufficiency, which is given to you, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-michelstaedter/you-do-not-carry-the-cross-instead-you-are-all-crucified-on-the/)

Carlo Michelstaedter

> [“One place is as good as another, in the valley without exit...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-michelstaedter/one-place-is-as-good-as-another-in-the-valley-without-exit/)

Carlo Michelstaedter

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