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"Tolerance is another word for indifference."
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"James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized."

"Darkness feeds on apathy."

"Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?"I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?"

"I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me."

"His words were coated with glorious boredom."

"What makes you think that I give a shit about your self-confidence?"

"It's only awkward if it matters."

"If we're honest, what makes something impossible is not our fear. Rather, it is our indifference."

"The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals."
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"He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction, he had on the contrary an engaging modesty."


"Act so that every action of yours should be capable of becoming an universal rule of action for all men."


"I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it is pardonable to observe the results with complacency."


"Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'Didn't you mean them?'At the moment."


"It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack of sense to ascribe too much importance to it."


"How silly men were! Their part in procreation was so unimportant; it was the woman who carried the child through long months of uneasiness and bore it with pain, and yet a man because of his momentary connection made such preposterous claims. Why should that make any difference to him in his feelings towards the child?"
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