"We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him."

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"We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him."

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"Religion [dharma] is that where there is no irreligion (adharma, immorality). Religion cannot exist where there is irreligion. There can be only one or the other. Behind every intention, there is either [the force of] religion or [the force of] irreligion."

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"Doing good things for bad people is no different than doing bad things on good people."

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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?"

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"Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Of course, in the process, you must never do harm to others in any serious way, or you'll cease to amuse Him. Then payment comes due for promises you didn't keep."

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