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Ping Tung

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16. Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 03:31 PM

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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people. Albert Camus

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