“A preached immorality is more to be punished than an immoral action. You arrive at murder through love or through hate; you propogandize murder only through wickedness.”

Source: La coscienza di Zeno (1923), P. 28; p. 34.

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Un'immoralità predicata è più punibile di un'azione immorale. Si arriva all'assassinio per amore o per odio; alla propaganda dell'assassinio solo per malvagità.

La coscienza di Zeno (1923)

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