Quote by James Baldwin
No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in hear

No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

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The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. – Henry David Thoreau

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