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“There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining "punishment" and "being supposed to punish" hurts it, arouses fear in it. "Is it not enough to render him undangerous? Why still punish?
Punishing itself is terrible." With this question, herd morality, the morality of timidity, draws its ultimate consequence.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
Punishing itself is terrible." With this question, herd morality, the morality of timidity, draws its ultimate consequence.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
― Winnie-the-Pooh
“You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.”
― American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
― American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
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