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Moral philosophy Quotes

"The nature of man is evil; his goodness is only acquired training. "

"The right of nature is the liberty each man hath to use his own power as he will himself for the preservation of his own nature that is to say of his own life"

"The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life."

"Judge not before you judge yourself"

"Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity"

"The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world."

"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."

"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."

"Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."

"Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor"

"The rules of morality are not the conclusions of our reason"

"To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself."

"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same"

"We do things because they are just and right"

"It is better to sometimes err through excess of mercy than to allow any cause for just reproach."

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