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He let Julius go. There was beginning to rise in him a feeling of profound disgust--a kind of hatred...

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André GideLafcadio's Adventures

Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' conscience; what purebloods see...

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If you introduce the human figure you at once arouse either disgust or desire.

Mr. Herriton, don’t – please, Mr. Herriton – a dentist. His father’s a dentist.” Philip gave a cry o...

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E. M. ForsterWhere Angels Fear to Tread

Oh, I know that she's disgusted,cause she's feeling so abused.She gets tired of the lust,but it's so...

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There had been a time in Godfrey's life when, had she stood before him in all her splendor, he would...

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Every word that is spoken and sung here (the Cabaret Voltaire) represents at least this one thing: t...

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The emotion of disgust evolved initially to optimize responses to the omnivore's dilemma. Individual...

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Jonathan HaidtThe Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it

A lame creature, a cripple like myself, has no right to love. How should I, broken, shattered being ...

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Today we recognize that the emotion of disgust evolved as an unconscious defense against biological ...

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Steven PinkerThe Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined