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Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?

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W. H. Auden

Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art.

Art, Detectives, Nothing, Stories, Works

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Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

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We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

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My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth.

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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

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All that we are not stares back at what we are.

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Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?

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A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore, it is necessary for a Prince who wishes to maintain himself to learn how not to be good and to use this knowledge and not use it according to the necessity of the case

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