Quotes About Morality
I did not use paint, I made myself up morally.
~ Eleanora Duse
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Solo en las malas novelas la gente piensa siempre lo correcto, dice siempre lo correcto, todo efecto tiene su causa, hay simpáticos y antipáticos, buenos y malos, al final todo te consuela
~ Elena Ferrante
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Non ci sono gesti, parole, sospiri che non contengano la somma di tutti i crimini che hanno commesso e commettono gli esseri umani.
~ Elena Ferrante
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L'oscenità, concluse, non è estranea alla buona letteratura e l'arte vera del racconto, se pure passa il limite della decenza, non è mai scabrosa.
~ Elena Ferrante
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If people had been horrified at those who wanted to overthrow the state, now they were disgusted by those who, pretending to serve it, had consumed it, like a fat worm in the apple.
~ Elena Ferrante
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Only in bad novels people always think the right thing, always say the right thing, every effect has its cause, there are the likable ones and the unlikable, the good and the bad, everything in the end consoles you.
~ Elena Ferrante
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Scriveva, nelle ultime pagine, di sentirsi intorno tutto il male del rione. Anzi, buttava li oscuramente: male e bene sono mescolati e si rinforzano a vicenda. Marcello, a rifletterci, era veramente una buona sistemazione, ma il buono sapeva di cattivo e il cattivo sapeva di buono, un'amalgama che le toglieva il fiato.
~ Elena Ferrante
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that my cult of study had always seemed to her foolish, that it wasn't books that made people good but good people who made some good books.
~ Elena Ferrante
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Naquele momento, uma parte de mim desejava de fato discutir com ele sobre o mal que, enquanto você acha que está sendo boa, aos poucos ou de repente, se espalha pela cabeça, pelo estômago, por todo o corpo. De onde isso nasce, papai - eu queria perguntar -, como podemos controlar, e por que esse mal não elimina o bem, mas convive com ele.
~ Elena Ferrante
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We were, in short, on the side of the violation, but only because it reaffirmed the value of the rule.
~ Elena Ferrante
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Cómo vamos a traer a un niño a este mundo inhumano?... En un mundo absurdo, inhumano y cruel... traer a un hijo era equivalente a cometer un infanticidio.
~ Elena Poniatowska
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Hay una contradicción en torno a esta vida que se quiere preservar. ¿Por qué se da a escoger a los creyentes entre la vida del feto y la de la madre? ¿Por qué se elige la vida del feto?
~ Elena Poniatowska
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Si uno está haciendo lo que le dicta su conciencia, ¿por que tienes que agachar la cabeza delante de un tipo que se porta de una manera injusta y canalla?
~ Elena Poniatowska
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Stealing isn't so easy, often it's hard work, otherwise we'd all be doing it.
~ Elfriede Jelinek
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Most people are awaiting Virtual Reality; I'm awaiting virtuous reality.
~ Eli Khamarov
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I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
~ Elia Kazan
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Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.
~ Elias Boudinot
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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.
~ Elias Canetti
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Most religions do not make men better, only warier.
~ Elias Canetti
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Det var slutet för den unge, så gick Kullervo ur tiden, denne olycksfödde yngling, för att aldrig återkomma. /.../ Eftervärld, låt aldrig barnet uppfostras av onda viljor, vyssjas av förvända mänskor, vaggas fel av obekanta. Den som en gång fostrats galet, vyssjas bakvänt, vaggas illa, han blir aldrig som han borde,
~ Elias Lönnrot
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Moral indignation is a bad counsellor.
~ Elie Kedourie
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
~ Elie Wiesel
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We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
~ Elie Wiesel
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
~ Elie Wiesel
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