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debauched
nonplussed.
viscerally.
fabled
mull
wedged
nook
dishevelled
linger
assuaging
cynical?’
viciousness
‘All I’m suggesting is that greatness and goodness is a potential in a majority of humans, not a reality.’
‘Expecting people to follow rules just because they should is being too hopeful. Rules must be designed to dovetail with selfish interest because people are primarily driven by it. They need to be shepherded into good behaviour through this proclivity.’
stern
appalled
vicarious
treason.
diligently,
blithely
vehemently
ally,
‘Freedom is never the ally of the law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave a society based on the rule of law. But so long as you live in such a society, you must obey the law.’
frenetic
ethereally
maiden
acquaintance,’
wiles,
lilt,
retorted,
besotted.
frowned.
‘A relationship is not just for fun, it is also about trust and the knowledge that you can depend on your partner. Relationships based on passion and excitement do not last.’
eavesdropped
musculature.
‘There’s a thin line that separates courage from stupidity.’ ‘And that line is only visible in retrospect, my friend. If I’m successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish. Let me do what I think is right. I’ll leave the verdict to the future.’
admonished
hostility.
accusatory
one where everyone is healthy, wealthy, happy, and working in consonance with his purpose in life.’
‘So the government has to ensure that it protects the weak. We cannot allow the strong to keep winning. It would create discontent among the masses.’
But if the government interferes to such an extent that the weak thrive and the strong are oppressed, society itself will collapse over time. A society should not forget that it thrives on the ideas and performance of the talented among its citizens. If
ways
apogee
feminine way of life — of freedom, passion and beauty.
decadent.’
The masculine way of life
truth, duty and honour.
fanatical,
progenitors
