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Quotation from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“When men once turn to brutes, the trifle of man's wit that remains in them adds tenfold to their brutality.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne (spoken by Narrator)

Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace (Project Gutenberg #976)

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ulysses finds his transformed companions wallowing more greedily than the real pigs in Circe's sty.

Citation: "When men once turn to brutes, the trifle of man's wit that remains in them adds tenfold to their brutality." — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace (Project Gutenberg #976). (id tanglewood-tales-q5)

Virtues: Temperance

Portrait: Tanglewood.Tales.cover, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Public domain.

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