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Cocteau, Jean - Opium the Diary of his cure - Do not expect me to be a traitor
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Opium – the Diary of his cure – Jean Cocteau
Do not expect me to be a traitor. Of course opium remains unique and the euphoria it induces superior to that of health. I owe it my perfect hours. It is a pity that instead of perfecting curative techniques, medicine does not try to render opium harmless.
But here we come back to the problem of progress. Is suffering a regulation or a lyrical interlude?
It seems to me that on an earth so old, so wrinkled, so painted, where so many compromises and laughable conventions are rife, opium - if its harmful effects could be eliminated - would soften people's manners and would cause more good than the fever of activity causes harm.
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