“Moral contempt is a far greater indignity and insult than any kind of crime.”
“There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt; and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.”
“What a greater crime. Than loss of time.”
“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”
“A dog is not "almost human", and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.”
“It's lawmakers know better than anyone that laws are more a matter of practical compromise than any kind of moral imperative.”