The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are...

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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.

Quote by John Dos Passos about mind, chaos, moral, man.
John Dos Passos

John Dos Passos 1896 - 1970, american novelist

Was born on: 14 jan 1896.
Died on 28 sep 1970, at 74 years old.

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