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The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books away from me. I...more

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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

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With slouch and swing around the ringWe trod the Fools’ Parade!We did not care: we knew we wereThe Devils’ Own Brigade:And shaven head and feet of lea...more

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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.

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Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian...I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does. I see that there is something wrong in what on...more

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

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Moral grounds are always the last refuge of people who have no sense of beauty.

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

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Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing ...more

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Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

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Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one ...more

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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays....more

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You come down here to console me. That is charming of you. You find me consoled, and you are furious. How like a sympathetic person!