From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scene to the contemplative mind.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Quote
“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”
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