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Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thin...more

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He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary t...more

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I am only human, although I regret it.

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The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.

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You cannot surprise an individual more than twice with the same marvel

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he would now have comprehended that work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that play consists of whaterver a body is not obliged to do...more

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Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it.

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Human nature appears to be just the same, all over the world

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I said it was a brutal thing."No, it was a human thing. You should not insult the brutes by such a misuse of that word; they have not deserved it,

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I said it was a brutal thing."No, it was a human thing. You should not insult the brutes by such a misuse of that word; they have not deserved it.