"What a prodigious conscience must that be that can be at quiet within itself whilst it harbors under thesame roof, with so agreeing and so calm a society, both the crime and the judge?"

Morality, Conscience, Justice, Crime

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"What a prodigious conscience must that be that can be at quiet within itself whilst it harbors under thesame roof, with so agreeing and so calm a society, both the crime and the judge?"

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"The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven."

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"The proper name for the thing is modesty; but as we live in an age of prejudice and must not call things by their right names, we will yield to a more modern nomenclature and call it dignity."

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"For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue. Men will leave off the heavy task of making good men successful. He will adopt the easier task of making out successful men good."

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"Honesty is not just keeping your ass away from people but also clean."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"The only classification to be made out of humans should be based on character and nothing but the character."

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"Morality does not come from a book, it comes from the human mind."

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"Real wealth is not the weight of coins, it is the net value of your honesty."

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"The burden of a porter is temporary, but the burden of a crooked politician is permanent because his conscience always carry the enormous burden of his frauds!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"A true Christian does not judge whether a person is worthy of help, but only judges a need and how to best meet that need."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

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