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“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 • VICTOR HUGO“The effect of speech upon the condition of the soul is comparable to the power of drugs over the nature of bodies. For just as different drugs dispel different secretions from the body, and some bring an end to disease and others to life, so also in the case of speeches, some distress, others delight, some cause fear, others make the hearers bold, and some drug and bewitch the soul with a kind of evil persuasion.”
Gorgias • Plato“"Let us work without reasoning," said Martin; "it is the only way to make life endurable."”
Candide • Voltaire“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
The Decay of Lying • Oscar Wilde“It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.”
The Inspector General • Nikolai Gogol