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The greater is the beauty,
The profounder is the stain,
Humanity,
Significant of the forbidden is transgressed in eroticism.
The profounder is the stain,
Humanity,
Significant of the forbidden is transgressed in eroticism.
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"Beauty has a cardinal importance, for ugliness cannot be spoiled, and to despoil is the essence of eroticism. Humanity implies the taboos, and in eroticism it and they are transgressed. Humanity is transgressed, profaned, and besmirched. The greater the beauty, the more it is befouled" ~ Georges Bataille (Eroticism, Death & Sensuality, pg 145.)
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