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"We have seen the evil of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst; let us try prohibition and see what this will do for us."

"Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value."

"The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible."

"When the Devil goeth about like a roaring lion, he goeth about in a shape by which few but savages and hunters are attracted. But, when he is trimmed, smoothed, and varnished, according to the mode: when he is aweary of vice, and aweary of virtue, used up as to brimstone, and used up as to bliss; then, whether he take to the serving out of red tape, or to the kindling of red fire, he is the very Devil."

"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."
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"We live as One Man for contracting our infinite senses we behold multitude or expanding: we behold as one."


"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."


"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."


"The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does."


"I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity."
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