C. S. Lewis
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A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only a substitute for love (of God and of other people) like a crutch which is a substitute for a leg. Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits etc.) can do the journey on their own. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.142, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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