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"There is no such thing as moral phenomena, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena."

"Good and bad are illusions. What exists is either the presence of empathy or the lack of it. I think this should become the new, clear definition of how we see people. No more "good" and no more "bad". Those terms are highly subjective."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"This is glorious!' I cried, and then i looked at the sinner by my side. He sat with his head sunk on his breast and said 'Yes', without raising his eyes, as if afraid to see writ large on the clear sky of the offing the reproach of his romantic conscience."

"Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk."
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"The vanity of human life is like a river constantly passing away and yet constantly coming on."

"What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whate'er we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."

"Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground."

"Nature to all things fixed the limits fitAnd wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit.As on the land while here the ocean gains.In other parts it leaves wide sandy plainsThus in the soul while memory prevails,The solid power of understanding failsWhere beams of warm imagination play,The memory's soft figures melt awayOne science only will one genius fit,So vast is art, so narrow human witNot only bounded to peculiar arts,But oft in those confined to single partsLike kings, we lose the conquests gained before,By vain ambition still to make them moreEach might his several province well command,Would all but stoop to what they understand."

"Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach."

"Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing."

"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude."
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