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    The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.

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Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.

Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.

by Gerald Stanley Lee Found in: Morality Quotes,
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I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in read more

I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in fifty scarce agree
On what is pure morality.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Morality Quotes,
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An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Morality Quotes,
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It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare

It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare

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Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.

Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.

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Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of read more

Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. And that is as important in business as it is in the classroom.

by Edward R. Lyman Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Morality Quotes,
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