Is your own existence so replete with equanimity you find no outlet for worry except on behalf of others?
~ Iain Banks

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We only become beasts — we become worse than beasts — when we torment others.
~ Iain Banks

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Roundly insulting one’s superiors behind their backs was one of the perks of being inferior.
~ Iain Banks

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Mocking the wisdom that comes with age is a fit sport only for those who expect never to attain much of it themselves.
~ Iain Banks

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You can draw the blinds in a brothel, but people still know what you’re doing.
~ Iain Banks

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What is all your studying worth, all your learning, all your knowledge, if it doesn’t lead to wisdom? And what’s wisdom but knowing what is right, and what is the right thing to do?
~ Iain Banks

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