“A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is alright. This is common sense really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not well you are sleeping.”

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis - “A moderately bad man knows he is not very...” 1

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