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An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
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.
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
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel.
Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
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.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.