Each of us has to find out for himself what is permitted and what is forbidden - forbidden for him. It's possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. And vice versa. (Hermann Hesse)

Each of us has to find out for himself what is permitted and what is forbidden - forbidden for him. It's possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. And vice versa.

Hermann Hesse

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