Monday, November 27, 2006

Always offensive

Having trained him to think clearly, and not let himself settle for empty verbiage, he'd neglected to explain that, for someone not well respected, this habit is criminal, for in any case logical thinking is alway offensive.

--Stendhal, The Red and the Black

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