Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have never sinned, have they? They are apostles, they are the descendants of priests; one can only wonder from what source they draw their indignation, and above all how much they have pocketed to do this, and in any case what it has done for them.
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No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
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keep the Commandments.
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An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
