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“Once we allow ourselves to do evil so that some perceived good may follow, we allow ever greater evils for the sake of ever more questionable goods, until we consent to the greatest evils for the sake of mere trifles.”
Source : Benjamin Wiker (2008). “10 Books that Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help”, p.14, Regnery Publishing
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“The war of good and evil present in all religions does not always end, in every faith, with the victory of good, but in every one it establishes a clear order of existence. The sacred as well as the profane rests on that universal order...”
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“Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use drugs because they lack willpower.”
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“What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy.”
Source : c.1910 Quoted in Alleyne Ireland An Adventure with a Genius, ch.4.
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“Sam Allardyce should learn a bit of humidity”
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“He says he had to go help someone in a desperate situation. Who, exactly, he refuses to say. He doesn’t know when he’s going to be back, but suggests we put off the wedding for a few days. The rotter! How dare he just zoom off and not tell me where he’s going, or who he’s going to help, or what exactly he’s up to!†Yeah, how dare he go out and be all heroic and stuff when you want him here slobbering over your big boobs.”
Source : Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.101, Penguin
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“I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names.”
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“Assassination is an art, milord. And I am the city's most accomplished artist.”
