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“That's all very well as an abstract moral principle, Avril, a coffee-table theoretical construct, but there's no denying the sheer gratuitous pleasure to be derived from seeing members of the ruling class in pain and torment.”

Wells Pain Pleasure Moral Class Principles Seeing Members Tables Coffee Abstract Sheer Constructs Torment Ruling Theoretical Moral Principles

Book:The Acid House

Source: The Acid House

“True honour is an attachment to honest and beneficent principles, and a good reputation; and prompts a man to do good to others, and indeed to all men, at his own cost, pains, or peril. False honour is a pretence to this character, but does things that destroy it: And the abuse of honour is called honour, by those who from that good word borrow credit to act basely, rashly, or foolishly.”

Men Doe Character Pain Principles Honest Honor Cost Abuse Credit Reputation Attachment Honour Peril Prompts Pretence Good Words Good Reputation

Author:Thomas Gordon

“One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.”

Pain Quality Principles Demand Therapy Explanation Injury

Author:Anne Carson

“After decades of declining influence on the affairs of the world, there is once again a widespread consideration of spritual principles as an antidote to the pain of our times.”

World Pain Principles Influence Affair Decades Our Time Consideration Antidote

Book:Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage

Source: Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage

“It is not to say that everything is fine and a positive attitude is all you need. But I share about values and principles and attitudes and I never tell people I understand their pain.”

People Needs Pain Values Attitude Principles Share Fine Positive Attitude

Author:Nick Vujicic

“Vanity, or to call it by a gentler name, the desire of admiration and applause, is, perhaps, the most universal principle of humanactions.... Where that desire is wanting, we are apt to be indifferent, listless, indolent, and inert.... I will own to you, under the secrecy of confession, that my vanity has very often made me take great pains to make many a woman in love with me, if I could, for whose person I would not have given a pinch of snuff.”

Ifs Persons Made Pain Desire Names Given Principles Universal Praise Vanity If I Could Admiration Confession Indifferent Secrecy Applause Snuff

Author:Lord Chesterfield