"I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep."

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"I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep."

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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

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"Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man."

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"I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep."