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title: "4 Big mac Quotes By Anthony Burgess"
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> [“They don't go into what is the cause of goodness, so why of the other shop? If lewdies are good that's because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/they-don-t-go-into-what-is-the-cause-of-goodness-so-why-of-the-other/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [“But the not-self cannot have the bad, meaning they of the government and the judges and the schools cannot allow the bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/but-the-not-self-cannot-have-the-bad-meaning-they-of-the-government/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [“But, brothers, this biting of their toe-nails over what is the cause of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/but-brothers-this-biting-of-their-toe-nails-over-what-is-the-cause-of-3/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [“But the not-self cannot have the bad, meaning they of the government and the judges and the schools cannot allow the bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/but-the-not-self-cannot-have-the-bad-meaning-they-of-the-government-2/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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## Other authors on Big mac

## More by Anthony Burgess

> [If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/if-you-expect-the-worst-from-a-person-you-can-never-be-disappointed/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/life-is-a-wretched-gray-saturday-but-it-has-to-be-lived-through/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/a-novelist-should-not-be-too-intelligent-either-although-he-may-be/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [“A man who serves language, however imperfectly, should always serve truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/a-man-who-serves-language-however-imperfectly-should-always-serve/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/all-human-life-is-here-but-the-holy-ghost-seems-to-be-somewhere-else/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [Rome's just a city like anywhere else. A vastly overrated city, I'd say. It trades on belief just as Stratford trades on Shakespeare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/rome-s-just-a-city-like-anywhere-else-a-vastly-overrated-city-i-d-say/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/the-important-thing-is-moral-choice-evil-has-to-exist-along-with-good/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [Civilised my syphilised yarbles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/civilised-my-syphilised-yarbles/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/the-downtrodden-are-the-great-creators-of-slang/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [Without class differences, England would cease to be the living theatre it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/without-class-differences-england-would-cease-to-be-the-living/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, colour-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/the-ideal-reader-of-my-novels-is-a-lapsed-catholic-and-failed/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [... A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- and I said: 'That's a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?' Then I read a malenky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/a-clockwork-orange-and-i-said-that-s-a-fair-gloopy-title-who-ever/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [A work of fiction should be, for its author, a journey into the unknown, and the prose should convey the difficulties of the journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/a-work-of-fiction-should-be-for-its-author-a-journey-into-the-unknown/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [“They don't go into what is the cause of goodness, so why of the other shop? If lewdies are good that's because they like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/they-don-t-go-into-what-is-the-cause-of-goodness-so-why-of-the-other/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

> [“By definition, a human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/by-definition-a-human-being-is-endowed-with-free-will-he-can-use-this/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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