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In a civilization of wage slaves, where people seek to survive more than to live, mountaineering is an enigma.


Erhard Loretan; Jean Amman

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JEAN ANOUILH Tact is knowing how far to go too far.
JEAN COCTEAU Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far.
JEAN COCTEAU