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My Own Words
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we should remember that the criminal law not only reflects the moral outlook of the community, but may very well alter or create moral attitudes.
“The woman’s brain has two hemispheres,” she slurred. “One for loving, one for hating. They can operate quite competently at the same time.”
― The Merry Misogynist
― The Merry Misogynist
“uncomfortably conscious that women of her age did not generally hide in cupboards drinking whisky”
― The Incident at Fives Castle
― The Incident at Fives Castle
“are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give thought to wisdom or truth, or the best possible state of your soul?”
― Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
― Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
“If you wanted to be cheerful, or melancholic, or wistful , or thoughtful, or courteous, you simply had to act those things with every gesture.”
― The Talented Mr. Ripley
― The Talented Mr. Ripley
“I set fire to his bed one night while he was in it. I’d be obliged if you wouldn’t mention that, though, as they never found out who did it, but the police got involved and things were rather unpleasant at school for a while.”
― The Incident at Fives Castle
― The Incident at Fives Castle
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