Good and evil both increase at compound interest.
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Zum Autor"The literary man re-reads, other men simply read."
"I suspect there is something in our very mode of thought which makes it inevitable that we should always be baffled by actual existence, whatever character actual existence may have."
"Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about."
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
"My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?"
"I who know many present things by my art,' replied the Hermit with a smile, 'have yet little knowledge of things future. Therefore I do not know whether any man or woman or beast in the whole world will be alive when the sun sets tonight. But be of good hope. The damsel is likely to live as long as any her age."