If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
Source: Thomas De Quincey, "Second Paper on Murder
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More of us should spend more time with De Quincey
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