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resisting evil but in not desiring
And it is worthy of consideration that Nietzsche, and Shaw after him, both point out that virtue consists, not in resisting evil, but in not desiring it! '
— from Mark Twain by Archibald Henderson

rotten enough but I never dreamed
I thought our government was rotten enough, but I never dreamed that House appointments were hawked around by the Interests in this fashion.
— from Theft: A Play In Four Acts by Jack London

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