"Knowledge for its own sake"—that is the last snare laid by morality: we are thereby completely entangled in morals once more.
The charm of knowledge would be small, were it not so much shame has to be overcome on the way to it.
The tendency of a person to allow himself to be degraded, robbed, deceived, and exploited might be the diffidence of a God among men.
"I did that," says my memory. "I could not have done that," says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually—the memory yields.
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