All men alike stand condemned, not by alien codes of ethics, but by th…

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All men alike stand condemned, not by alien codes of ethics, but by their own, and all men therefore are conscious of guilt. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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