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The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car
I have to live for others and not for myself; that's middle class morality
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual
Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose
Fear is the mother of morality
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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