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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
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A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue
That, his apparent open guilt omitted--
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So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue
That, his apparent open guilt omitted--
I mean, his conversation with Shore's wife--
He lived from all attainder of suspects.
Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
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Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt,
Not practise!
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.