Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey

English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)

1785-08-15
1859-12-08
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

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Gottfried Keller Preis 2004

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