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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what sting is justice.

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

What we call “morals” is simply blind obedience to words of command.