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"The Genius Of The Crowd"
"There is enough treachery, hatred, violence, absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day.
And the best at murder are those who preach against it,
and the best at hate are those who preach love,
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace.
Those who preach God, need God.
Those who preach peace do not have peace.
Those who preach peace do not have love.
Beware the preachers.
Beware the knowers.
Beware those who are always reading books.
Beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it.
Beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return.
Beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know.
Beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone.
Beware the average man, the average woman,
beware their love, their love is average,
seeks average.
But there is genius in their hatred.
There is enough genius in their hatred to kill you,
to kill anybody.
Not wanting solitude
Not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own.
Not being able to create art
they will not understand art.
They will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world.
Not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete,
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect.
Like a shining diamond,
like a knife,
like a mountain,
like a tiger,
like hemlock,
their finest art"
- Charles Bukowski
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