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The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit read more
What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who are unable to help themselves and then to fasten some moral superscription upon it. This I loathe so much that I cannot conceivably explain how much it is.
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.
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.
To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.
Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.
Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have read more
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.
