"My only policy is to profess evil and do good."

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"We are all flawed and creatures of our times. Is it fair to judge us by the unknown standards of the future?"

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"And no one rose to ask the question: Good?-by what standard?John Galt."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"Ethics are the things that say, 'Don't stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It's okay because we've shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we've chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I'm having a really hard time getting back up."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated' frees one from hypocrisy. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' enslaves one with insincerity."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Might could would-they are contemptible auxiliaries."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Let thy true religion be to act right."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

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"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not."

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"The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood."

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"What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattery."

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"A man's interest in the world is only the overflow from his interest in himself."

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"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him."

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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

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"You can lose a man like that by your own death but not by his."

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"Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love."

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"It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right."

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