You Can Not Be Honest With Others, If You Are Not First Honest With Yourself.
It is a great evil to look upon mankind with too clear vision. You seem to be living among wild beasts, and you become a wild beast yourself. ("__he Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah_)
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It is a great evil to look upon mankind with too clear vision. You seem to be living among wild beasts, and you become a wild beast yourself. ("__he Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah_)
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