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When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.
Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.
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.
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.
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.
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the read more
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.
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.
One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate read more
One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.