Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a woman. If he had read a few of our novels, he would have torn himself to pieces. - Wallace Stevens

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Wallace Stevens: "Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a woman. If he had read a few of our novels, he would have torn himself to pieces."

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Because	Democritus	Himself	Look
Novels	Pieces	Plucked	Read
Thinking	Torn	Without	Woman

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