Double standards could be thought of as Satanic in the context of moral relativism.

“In Oslac's defense,” Steven said, “I must say that Girda was more than nagsome. She nigh begged to have her tongue slit to stop her incessant criticisms, just as Boris the Braggart did with his wife.”

... brings tranquilized self-assurance... into the average everydayness of Dasein.

[S]upposing Lord Mayor’s footmen to be plumed like estridges — gorgeous as the sun at Midsummer — what must Lord Mayors be, and semperannual Lords, and so on to the pinnacle?