...man is the animal that moralizes. Man is also the animal that complains about being one, and says that there is an animal, a beast inside him - that he is brother to dragons. (Randall Jarrell)

...man is the animal that moralizes. Man is also the animal that complains about being one, and says that there is an animal, a beast inside him - that he is brother to dragons.

Randall Jarrell

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