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Civilisation may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws but the least protest against the existing order is made by the outlaws whose creed and manner of life is not renewable even so far as to be reactionary. - James Joyce Quotes

Civilisation may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws but the least protest against the existing order is made by the outlaws whose creed and manner of life is not renewable even so far as to be reactionary.

Source:Chapter XXIII, Stephen Hero (1944)
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  • Name: James Joyce
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist, Poet
  • Born: February 2, 1882 - January 13, 1941
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