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The essence of morality is a questioning about morality and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all li

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"The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil"

- Georges Bataille

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This quote is written / told by Georges Bataille between September 16, 1897 and July 9, 1962. He/she was a famous Writer from France. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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