"If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles.... They have to be caught. And only the people who've got them can pass on the contagion."

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Aldous Huxley

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“Some day there may be... machinery that needs but to be wound up and sent roaming o'er hill and dale, through fields and meadows, by babbling brooks and shady woods - in short, a machine that will discriminately select its subject and, by means of a skillful arrangement of springs and screws, compose its motif, expose the plate, develop, print, and even mount and frame the result of its excursion, so that there will be nothing for us to do but to send it to the Royal Photographic Society's exhibition and gratefully to receive the 'Royal Medal'.”
“In one of his last appearances, Mitterrand, the agnostic president, was asked what the real God might say to him if he went to heaven. God would say: "At last, you know." And I would hope that He would add, "Welcome."”
“Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God.”

Source : "The Prodigal Son" l. 2 (1927)
“In theory, if a gun is left at the scene of a crime, licensing and registration will allow a gun to be traced back to its owner. But, amazingly, despite police spending tens of thousands of man-hours administering these laws ... there is not even a single case where the laws have been instrumental in identifying someone who has committed a crime.”
“When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.”
“Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.”

Source : Alan Bradley (2011). “A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel”, p.83, Delacorte Press
“Undertake this journey for the remission of your sins, with the assurance of the imperishable glory of the Kingdom of Heaven!”
“I do not allow others to influence my thinking unless it is positive or uplifting.”

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