What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet.
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.
It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.
I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
A boy's mind is not so easily sullied as a girl's.... Undesirable knowledge is not an equal shock to the moral nature.
Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.
The fact that people are shocked is the best proof that they need shocking.
The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
