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“Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law -- for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it. . . . The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life.”

Knows World Self Law Sin Ignorance Broken Claims Excuse Originality Self Knowledge No Excuses Unattainable Sinning Unknowing Ignorance Of The Law

Author:Clarice Lispector

“The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.”

Broken Morality Claims Shame Triumph Thieves Bedroom Threatening Immoral Exposure Outraged Blackmail Burglary

Author:Karl Kraus

“Not many people can lay claim to having broken Time, and we did it purely by accident.”

People Broken Claims Lays Accidents

Book:Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon

Source: Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon