"We are shocked by thieves taking pride in their clever touch, prostitutes in their depravity and murderers in their callousness. But it is shocking on...

The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.
~ Leo Tolstoy ~












The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a c...
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