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    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.

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In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's read more

In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?

by Liam Neeson Found in: Morals Quotes,
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For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also read more

For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.

by William James Found in: Morals Quotes,
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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.

by Cecil J. Sharpe Found in: Morals Quotes,
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If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.

Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.

by C A Bartol Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

by Karl Kraus Found in: Morals Quotes,
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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.

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The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.

The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.

by Lord Shawcross Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine read more

Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.

by Basil Hume Found in: Morals Quotes,
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