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

Morality, Time, Man, Woman

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"The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality."

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"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time."

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"Respect the hand stronger than your hand if and only if that hand is just and an honourable hand!"

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"Mrs. Joe war eine sehr reinliche Hausfrau, doch sie verstand sich ausnehmend gut darauf, ihre Reinlichkeit bequemer und unertrA¤glicher zu machen, als jeder Schmutz gewesen wA¤re. Die Reinlichkeit ist der Gottesfurcht verwandt, und manche verfahren mit ihrer Religion ganz genauso."

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"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

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"You may judge others only according to your knowledge of yourself."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

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"A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there."

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"Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince."

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"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not."

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"The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made. The aim is to make 'good' citizens, which is to say, docile and uninquisitive citizens."

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