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.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will read more

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.

Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy read more

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.

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.

No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.

No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.