No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice. (Marcel Proust)

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.

Marcel Proust

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