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Quotes About Wrong

There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension. --"Wanda
~ Ouida
But this I can say: to call any act evil, instantly begs the question. Many an act that man does is right or wrong according to the time and place which form, so to speak, its context; strip it of its surrounding circumstances, and you tear away its meaning.
~ Owen Wister
Your way of life is sinful and wrong," he said fiercely. Thus says a man who admits to worshipping a God who vilifies pleasure, relegates women to roles that are little more than servants and broodmares, though they are the backbone of your church, and seeks to control his worshippers through guilt and fear.
~ P.C. Cast
The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.
~ Pablo Casals
The bones meant that I had broken faith with the vampires and was no longer under their protection—and anyone offering me aid of any kind was likely to find themselves on the wrong side of the vampires as well.
~ Patricia Briggs
Obawiam si?, ?e lustro nie wymaga ?adnych korekt – o?wiadczy? z niezwyk?? dla niego delikatno?ci?. – Z zakl?ciem jest wszystko w porz?dku, powinno te? by? kompatybilne z lustrem zamkowym. Problem polega na czym? innym. - Wiedzia?am – rzuci?a gniewnie Cimorena i zacz??a chodzi? tam i powrotem przed kominem. – W domu sta?o si? co? z?ego.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
For the first time in his life, he was in complete control. He knew what he did was wrong, but there weren't any consequences, no punishment, no one to answer to. How could there be? No one knew but him.
~ Unknown
We're just as screwed up and brave and false and loyal and wrong and right as anyone else.
~ Patrick Ness
Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING.
~ Patrick Ness
He is worse than the others, I show. He is worst of all of them. Because– Because he knew he was doing wrong. He felt the pain of his actions– But he did not amend them, shows the Sky. The rest are worth as much as their pack animals, I show, but worst is the one who knows better and does nothing.
~ Patrick Ness
Sarah felt that any world that needed this many lessons must have something deeply wrong with it.
~ Patrick Ness
It was not wrong, the monster said, It was only a thought, one of a million. It was not an action.
~ Patrick Ness
My dear creature, I have done with all debate. But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG, which is infamous, or MY COUNTRY IS ALWAYS RIGHT, which is imbecile.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile.
~ Patrick O'Brian
He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
She felt the panic rising in her then. She knew. She knew how quickly things could break. You did the things you could. You tended to the world for the world's sake. You hoped you would be safe. But still she knew. It would come crashing down and there was nothing you could do right. And yes. She knew she wasn't right. She knew her everything canted wrong. She knew her head was all unkilter. She knew she wasn't true inside. She knew.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
didn't think I could trust you," I said. "I was wrong, and I regret it. It wasn't the clearest thinking I've ever done.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
That means if you don't listen to me, you'll jump to your own conclusions and be dead wrong. Dead and wrong.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Are you saying that you plan to blackmail the leaders of the world?" Sheriff said. "Blackmail is such an ugly word. It implies that we're doing something wrong for personal gain. What we're doing is holding off using information that could hurt these people as a thank you for them doing the right thing. Hardly the same thing at all," Paddy said.
~ Unknown
As the philosopher Pamela Hieronymi says, "A past wrong against you, standing in your history without apology, atonement, retribution, punishment, restitution, condemnation, or anything else that might recognize it as a wrong, makes a claim. It says, in effect, that you can be treated in this way, and that such treatment is acceptable
~ Paul Bloom
I think often we opt for silence, willingly avoiding issues and letting wrong things go on unchecked, not because we love the other person, but because we love ourselves and just don't want to go through the hassle of dealing with something that God says is clearly wrong.
~ Paul David Tripp