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Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays Quotes: [T]he infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.
         

[T]he infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.


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