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Moral Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a…
- The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to…
- Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey of a wit to his home town: yet such pleasures…
- Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not…
- He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
- Pain and disease awaken us to convictions which are necessary to our moral condition.
- To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when…
- Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.
- It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other…
More Moral Quotes
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- 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
- Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among… — Pope Benedict XVI
- All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use… — Theodore Bikel
- Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton