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Moral Quotes by Anthony Burgess
- The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European…
- Literature ceases to be literature when it commits itself to moral uplift; it becomes moral philosophy or some such dull thing.
- The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European…
- Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.
- There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom,…
- The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the…
- There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom,…
More Moral Quotes
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson
- It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
- When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac