The newspapers already accuse me so,I lacked the holy wrath,
But now a way and a goal beckon me!
Smash me if you will, but I must change them!" -
"On the contrary!" said Satan frigidly,
"I value such unselfish action!
Always combat only the false morals,
When your outrage is so high and sincere,
But first deliberate once more,
Whether morality - is actually so bad!
Because of morality the whole world lives,
that is, it holds mankind together.
Because of morality we have both
high and low officers of morality.
Because of morality we have censors,
the noble-born lawyers.
Because of morality we have the common people,
the marriage brokers and newlyweds.
Because of morality we have tenants of virtue,
the fortune hunters, the counsel daughters,
Hypocrites and saps live in good silence,
Falseness and foolishness live - and you live, too! ---
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