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The Republic of Wine (1992)
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Am I drunk?" he asked Crewcut. "You're not drunk, Boss," Crewcut replied. "How could a superior individual like you be drunk? People around here who get drunk are the dregs of society, illiterates, uncouth people. Highbrow folks, those of the 'spring snow,' cannot get drunk. You're a highbrow, therefore you cannot be drunk.
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People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.
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A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
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February 17, 1955
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