Octave Mirbeau Quotes

Wherever he goes, whatever he does, he will always see that word: murder—immortally inscribed upon the pediment of that vast slaughterhouse—humanity.

Octave Mirbeau

• Humanity
• Word
• Murder
• Immortally
• Inscribed

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  • Humanity
  • Word
  • Murder