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Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

Suicide is not a remedy.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

Be not simply good – be good for something.

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.