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Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.
Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.
If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.
If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the read more
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It read more
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the read more
Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the entourage of morality.
When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
The aim of morality is to give people a standard of action and a motive to work by which, they read more
The aim of morality is to give people a standard of action and a motive to work by which, they will not intensify each person's selfishness, but raise them up above it.
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.