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We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed read more
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in read more
I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in fifty scarce agree
On what is pure morality.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
