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    Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral
    standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.
    What humanity own to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus
    ranks for me higher than all the achievements the inquiring
    constructive mind.

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

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

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Morality Quotes,
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No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.

No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.

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The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age read more

The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age like this one the function of the moralist is not to exhort men to be good but to elucidate what the good is. The problem of sanctions is secondary.

by Walter Lippmann 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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Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.

Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.

Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.

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There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their read more

There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their
cause.

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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"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if
only you can find it."

"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if
only you can find it."

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