The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“In effect it seemed to him that, though honor might possess certain advantages, yet shame had others, and not inferior: advantages, even, that were well-nigh boundless in their scope.”
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Thomas Mann
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The Magic Mountain
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 3
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