"Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect."

Cause, Difference, Effect, Lies

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"Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect."

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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

William James, American Philosopher

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"I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity."

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"For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going."

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Barbara Boxer, American Politician

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"The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness."

Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

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"I think everyone holds back. I am always censoring myself and I'm sorry about it. But I always have to consider whether my remarks might cause someone pain."

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