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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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more
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.
The end never really justifies the meanness.
The end never really justifies the meanness.
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
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.
I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class
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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.
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.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
