I quitted the Bastille, about half-past eleven in the evening. The night was dark, the quarter in which I resided but little frequented. What was my … - Alessandro Cagliostro

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I quitted the Bastille, about half-past eleven in the evening. The night was dark, the quarter in which I resided but little frequented. What was my surprise, then, to hear myself acclaimed by eight or ten thousand persons. My door was forced open; the courtyard, the staircase, the rooms were crowded with people. I was carried straight to the arms of my wife.

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About Alessandro Cagliostro

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the alias of occultist & alchemist Giuseppe Balsamo. He became a glamorous figure associated with the royal courts of Europe where he pursued various occult arts, including psychic healing, and alchemy.

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Alternative Names: Balsamo Giuseppe Conte di Cagliostro Count Alessandro di Cagliostro Giuseppe Balsamo‎

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Do not try to irritate me. I am but the instrument of a higher Power, used to enlighten you. Insult fate and it will revenge itself, well knowing how. I merely interpret its moves. Do not fling at me the wrath which will recoil on yourself, for you can not visit on me the woes of which I am the sinister herald.

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