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is found exclusively in the coward and the slave. The decent man is made and constructed to that very end.

Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owing to some casual circumstance, but always, at all times, a decent man is bound to be a coward and a slave. Fyodor Dostoevsky

is only what the universe seems to be because decent people have welded eyes. In general, people savor the 'pleasures of the flesh' only on the condition that they may be insipid.

To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the 'pleasures of the flesh' only on the condition that they may be insipid. Georges Bataille

is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is the first of the 5 senses to diminish with age.

·Q: Which of your 5 senses diminishes with age? Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

is an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite.

is not defined by statute, but the laws of instinct are stronger.

Decency Is not defined by statute, but the laws of instinct are stronger.

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