A Quote by James Stephens
Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.
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The pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach of life. Yet such things are a part of our life, neither the least noble nor the most terrible.
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