#morals

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#asleep #conduct #his #improve #may

I follow suit, said the lion, vacating his coat of arms and movie logos; and the eagle said, Get me off this flag. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#animals #humans #morals #parable #movies

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer. ↗

— Confucius

#morals #music #music

No, i mean enterprising." said Will. "When I mean morally deficient, I say,`Now, that is something i would have done´ ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#tessa-gray #will-herondale #morals

There is no justice in the laws of nature, no term for fairness in the equations of motion. The Universe is neither evil, nor good, it simply does not care. The stars don't care, or the Sun, or the sky. But they don't have to! WE care! There IS light in the world, and it is US! ↗

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

#morality #morals #philosophy #religion #nature

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#admirer #beautiful #beauty #big #grow

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#despotic #law #morals #relaxed #versa

We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance. ↗

— Anita Baker

#chance #drink #god #i #i believe

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

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