--- title: "9 Morality Like Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Morality Like quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Morality Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/oscar-wilde-16_art_morality-like-art-means-drawing-a-line-s_1032721.jpg" --- > [Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/morality-like-art-means-drawing-a-line-someplace/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/oscar-wilde-16_art_morality-like-art-means-drawing-a-line-s_1032721.jpg) > [Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned, like language, by mimicking and remembering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-rule/morality-like-language-is-an-invented-structure-for-conserving-and/) [Jane Rule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-rule/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/jane-rule-15333_character_morality-like-language-is-an-invented-st_1313674.png) > [“Morality is like the famous fig leaves that Adam and Eve used to cover their genitals after they first sinned. But what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shai-tubali/morality-is-like-the-famous-fig-leaves-that-adam-and-eve-used-to/) [Shai Tubali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shai-tubali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/shai-tubali-30514_adam-and-eve_morality-is-like-the-famous-fig-leaves-t_1789848.jpg) > [Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/morality-like-numinous-awe-is-a-jump-in-it-man-goes-beyond-anything/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/c-s-lewis-2-132_awe_morality-like-numinous-awe-is-a-jump-in_217310.png) > [Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/morality-like-other-inputs-into-the-social-process-follows-the-law-of/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/thomas-sowell-247_character_morality-like-other-inputs-into-the-soci_121078.jpg) > [Morality is like a field of flowers beneath which the corpses are piled in a thousand layers. It is an evolved mechanism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/morality-is-like-a-field-of-flowers-beneath-which-the-corpses-are/) [Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/roger-scruton-971_character_morality-is-like-a-field-of-flowers-bene_2959494.jpg) > [Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/morality-like-velocity-is-relative-the-determination-of-it-depends-on/) [David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/david-gerrold-9333_absolutes_morality-like-velocity-is-relative-the-d_374417.jpg) > [“Think about goodness like you think about gravity. Whether or not you believe in gravity, it is still there. Every day you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-morrison/think-about-goodness-like-you-think-about-gravity-whether-or-not-you/) [Jon Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/jon-morrison-19253_apologetics_think-about-goodness-like-you-think-abou_3140568.jpg) > [“Morality is like defecation. When you have the urge to defecate, do you ask an intellectual, what it is like to feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/morality-is-like-defecation-when-you-have-the-urge-to-defecate-do-you/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/abhijit-naskar-99_character_morality-is-like-defecation-when-you-hav_922804.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/morality-like/#itemlist", "name": "Morality Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/morality-like-art-means-drawing-a-line-someplace/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/oscar-wilde-16_art_morality-like-art-means-drawing-a-line-s_1032721.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/oscar-wilde-16_art_morality-like-art-means-drawing-a-line-s_1032721.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/oscar-wilde-16_art_morality-like-art-means-drawing-a-line-s_1032721.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. 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