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Thomas de Quincey (August 15, 1785 - December 8, 1859) was an English author and intellectual.

❝Once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.❞[+]

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