Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil. (Marquis de Sade)

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil.

Marquis de Sade

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