"A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine."

Morality, Company, Contempt, Gentleman, World

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"A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine."

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"The ability to sin differs among people. For example a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Morality, Sin, Truth, Lying

"Being a vampire for him meant revenge. Revenge against life itself. Every time he took a life it was revenge. It was no wonder, then, that he appreciated nothing. The nuances of vampire existence weren't even available to him because he was focused with a maniacal vengeance upon the mortal life he'd left. Consumed with hatred, he looked back. Consumed with envy, nothing pleased him unless he could take it from others; and once having it, he grew cold and dissatisfied, not loving the thing for itself; and so he went after something else. Vengeance, blind and sterile and contemptible."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Morality, Envy, Hatred, Emptiness, Obsession

"I've lowered my character with a great deal of unwholesome reading material."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Morality, Character, Reading, Material, Self

"Our character develops with endurance of every circumstance."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Morality, Character, Endurance, Circumstance, Growth

"It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one: virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Morality, Virtue, Generosity, Reward

"One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her - is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? It is at the very least a question of definitions."

Gregory Maguire, American Novelist

Morality, Choice, Goodness, Truth

"Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Morality, Loyalty, Honor, Bravery, Commitment

"Tigerclaw stared in disbelief. Was the life of his son dependent on an ancient medicine cat and an arrogant kittypet?"

Erin Hunter, British Author

Morality, Fear, Family, Life, Truth

"Sully disapproved of destruction for destruction's sake, which seemed ever more popular in the modern world, but he always took delight in burning out or otherwise eliminating Evil when Evil just couldn't keep its ugly head down and stay in the shadows, when it came right at you with all teeth bared. The world needed a little Evil, so Good had something to compare itself to, but you couldn't let it think it had the right-of-way on the road and an invitation to dinner."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Morality, Evil, Balance, Conflict

"There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire."

Harper Lee, American Novelist

Morality, Truth, Observation, Desire

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"Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives."

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"Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together."

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"What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us."

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"But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest."

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"The ability to sin differs among people. For example a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one."

"I've lowered my character with a great deal of unwholesome reading material."

"Our character develops with endurance of every circumstance."

"It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one: virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know."

"One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her - is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? It is at the very least a question of definitions."

"Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved."

"Tigerclaw stared in disbelief. Was the life of his son dependent on an ancient medicine cat and an arrogant kittypet?"

"There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire."

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"An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse."

"Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save."

"On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends."

"There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self."

"Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee."

"Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise."

"Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives."

"Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together."

"What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us."

"But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest."