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I am a poor hater.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

If your house is burning, wouldn’t you try and put out the fire?

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego.