Quote by Georges Bataille
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the d

The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil. – Georges Bataille

Other quotes by Georges Bataille

The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives. – Georges Bataille

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Mental Illness
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Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. – Georges Bataille

Category:
Crime
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Other Quotes from
Morals
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Moralitys not practical. Moralitys a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books. – Robert Bolt

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Morals

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. – Aristotle

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Morals

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague. – Angela Carter

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Morals

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing whats right. – Isaac Asimov

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Morals

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