When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the …

C. S. Lewis
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When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse he understands his own badness less and less. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse he understands his own badness less and less. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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