Hermann Broch - Were one merely to seek information, one should inq

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

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Broch, Hermann. The Guiltless. Translated by Ralph Manheim, Little, Brown and Company, 1974.

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