Ingiliz roman ve seyehat yazari, elestirmen, sanat koleksiyoneri William Thomas Beckford’un dogum yildonumu ( 1 Ekim 1760 )
" Tanrinin insanin bilgisine koydugu sinirlarin otesine gecmek isteyen kor merakin cezasi bu olacaktir; en saf varliklara mahsus bilimlere sahip olmak isteyen hirs, olcusuz bir gururdan baska bir sey elde edemez, insanin kaderinin basit ve cahil olmak oldugunu goremez. Boylece, bos bir satafat ve yasak bir guce erismek icin binlerce gunah isleyen, ruhu kararan halife Vathek kendisini pismanliklar, sonsuz ve sinirsiz acilar icinde buldu... "
“ Such is, and such should be, the chastisement of blind ambition, that would transgress those bounds which the Creator hath presecribed to human knowledge; and, by aiming at discoveries reserved for pure Intellegence, acquire that infatuated pride, which perceives not that the condition appointed to man is to be ignorant and humble.Thus the Caliph Vathek, who, for the sake of empty pomp and forbidden power, had sullied himself with a thousand crimes, became a prey to grief without end, and remorse without mitigation… ”



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