That’s the problem, we do get used to things. The Zahir
Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged. Typee
We admitted that everything living is born of the dead. For if the soul existed before birth, and in coming to life and being born can be born only from death and dying, must she not after death continue to exist, since she has to be born again? The Trials Of Socrates
You say "society must exact vengeance, and society must punish." Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. The Last Day of a Condemned Man
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