Mary Shelley — "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I again sh…"
I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I again shall be virtuous.
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Frankenstein, spoken by the Creature, explaining the origins of his malevolence.
Date: 1818
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