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Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.

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To be wicked is never excusable, but there is some merit in knowing that you are; the most irreparable of vices is to do evil from stupidity.

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Once someone asked, when I was present, what constituted the greatest pleasure in love. Someone replied, naturally: in receiving. Another: in giving. ...more

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The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.