And, with a solemnity that was new to him: “They are magnanimous people, and magnanimity is, fundamentally, the only thing that matters and that gives us distinction here on earth. You know, there are only two classes of people: the magnanimous ones and all the rest; and when you reach my age you have to choose, you have to decide once and for all whom you intend to like and, whom you intend to despise, stick with the ones you like, and, so as to make up for the time you’ve wasted with the others, not leave them again until you die. Well!” he added with that slight emotion you feel when, even
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