Quotes About Morality

To be wicked is never excusable, but there is some merit in knowing that you are; the most irreparable of vices is to do evil from stupidity.

The one vice beyond redemption is to do bad things out of stupidity.

Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine.

No hay excusa para la maldad; pero el que es malo, si lo sabe, tiene algún mérito; el vicio más irreparable es el de hacer el mal por tontería.

Pukeutumisen moraalinen merkitys. Pukeutumisen tuottamat tyydytykset.

Nos peches sont tetus, nos repentirs sont laches; Nous nous faisons payer grassement nos aveux, Et nous rentrons gaiement dans le chemin bourbeux, Croyant par de vils pleurs laver toutes nos taches. (33)

On n'est jamais excusable d'être méchant, mais il y a quelque mérite à savoir qu'on l'est; et le plus irréparable des vices est de faire le mal par bêtise.

I am unable to comprehend how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.

If there's anything worse than a whore it's a bore.

All's fair in hate and Hollywood.

I liked to fuck too, but it wasn't my religion. There were too many ridiculous and tragic things about it. People didn't seem to know how to handle it. So they made a toy out of it. A toy that destroyed people.

Když chce nÄ›kdo zabít Boha, znamená to, že ho chci zabít i já?

Yeah? Well, if there's anything worse than a whore it's a bore.

What's the sin in being poor?

Orosopular? ve çingeneleri severim: Birisi namuslu numaras? yapmaz DiÄŸeri milliyetçilik aya??na yatmaz

Trying to be good made me sick.

La gente amoral suele considerarse más libre, pero a menudo carecen de la capacidad de sentir o de amar.

when a man puts that uniform on that he is the paid protector of things of the present time. he is here to see that things stay the way they are. if you like the way things are, then all cops are good cops. if you don't like the way things are, then all cops are bad cops.

Most of all, the clash between Vogtians and Borlaugians is heated because it is less about facts than about values. Although the two men rarely acknowledged it, their arguments were founded on implicit moral and spiritual visions: concepts of the world and humankind's place in it.

Historians provide many reasons for this extraordinary transition, high among them the fierce opposition of slaves themselves. But another important cause is that abolitionists convinced people around the world that slavery was a moral disaster. An institution fundamental to human society for millennia was made over by ideas and a call to action, loudly repeated.

Young man, if I could as easily wipe from my conscience the stain of killing you, as I can this spittle from my face, you should not live another minute.

The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives—of approving of some and disapproving of others.

What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.