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“The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values.”
― Industrial Society and Its Future
― Industrial Society and Its Future

“Let's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm

“It is very wrong to kill any one[.]"
"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!”
― The Canterville Ghost
"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!”
― The Canterville Ghost

“Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm

“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― The Metamorphosis
― The Metamorphosis

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