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Ethics Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.
- In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do.
- A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
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