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Morality is a private and costly luxury.
Morality
Henry Brooks Adams

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Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
Style
Martin Amis

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The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.
Morality
Jean Anouilh

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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Pleasure
Minna Antrim

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
Character
Aristotle

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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
Religion
Matthew Arnold

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The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Prayer
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Morality
Isaac Asimov

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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
Cities and City Life
Jane Austen

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It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
Politicians and Politics
Francis Bacon

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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.
Independence
David Ben-Gurion

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I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.
Morality
Aneurin Bevan

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Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
Honesty
Leon Blum

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Bad taste is a species of bad morals.
Taste
Christian Nevell Bovee

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I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
Nations
Malcolm Bradbury

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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
Motivation
Harriet Braiker

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The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.
Hollywood
Marlon Brando

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Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Critics and Criticism
Crand Briton

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There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
Pleasure
Lord Byron

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Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
Morality
Lord Byron

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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
Arts and Artists
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.
Dress
Jennie Jerome Churchill

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The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
Growth
Confucius

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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Wisdom
Confucius

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The higher the building the lower the morals.
Morality
Noel Coward

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun