The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs.
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"The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs." — John Dos Passos
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The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs. — John Dos Passos
About John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos was a Novelist from United States (1896–1970).
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This quote is attributed to John Dos Passos, a Novelist from United States.
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John Dos Passos lived from 1896 – 1970.