John Dos Passos
John Roderigo Dos Passos (/dɵsˈpæsɵs/; January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist and artist.
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“The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs.”
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“Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman ... never gave offence to anyone, not even the enemy.”
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“People don’t choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.”
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