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    Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
    and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we
    should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's
    back, and find them both ingenious.

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I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class
morality all the time . . . read more

I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class
morality all the time . . . . What is middle-class morality?
Just an excuse for never giving me anything.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.

by Don Herold Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.

Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Morality Quotes,
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We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and read more

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in
our actions. Our inner balance and even our read more

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in
our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence
depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and
dignity to life.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.

The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.

by Harry Harrison 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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Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy read more

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.

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