Contempt

One of the most significant dialogues I've ever read .(Sade):CompassionNow Marat you are talking like an aristocratCompassion is the property of the privilegedclassesWhen the pitier lowers himselfto give to a beggarhe throbs with contemptTo protect his riches he pretends to be movedand his gift to the beggar amounts to no morethan a kick {lute chord}No Maratno small emotions pleaseYour feelings were never pettyFor you just as for meonly the most extreme actions matter.(Marat) :If I am extreme I am not extreme in the sameway as youAgainst Nature’s silence I use actionIn the vast indifference I invent a meaningI don’t watch unmoved I interveneand say that this and this are wrongand I work to alter them and improve themThe important thingis to pull yourself up by your own hairto turn yourself inside outand see the whole world with fresh eyes-----------------Marat/Sade Peter Weiss