And crossed the dark defile at last, and found At Roncevaux upon the darkening plain...
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Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you - alas, it is true of almost every one of us!
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To make our idea of morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow-men a secret element of gusto.
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The Lady Amelia would not for worlds have had the de Courcy blood defiled; but gold she thought could not defile.
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To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
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