Benjamin Chambers
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Everything woman and man learn they learn from the gods, including this. That whether spirit or flesh, people is the only creature who, even if they know better, never do better. And for what they do, they outrage every other beast
“How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.”
― Gaudy Night
― Gaudy Night
“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
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“Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid ... Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.”
― Why Men Fight
― Why Men Fight
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