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    Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
    and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we
    should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's
    back, and find them both ingenious.

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All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

by Voltaire Found in: Morality Quotes,
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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.

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Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

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I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you read more

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

by Issac Asimov Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the read more

The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have
become incapable of discerning right from wrong. Everything can
be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is one great
moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay. The ordinary
citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes. . . . It is
they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while
their "betters" were derelict.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Morality Quotes,
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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.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Morality Quotes,
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I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

by Anne Frank Found in: Ideals Quotes, Morality Quotes,
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The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Morality Quotes,
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