Scruples Quotes

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What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor — H. L. Mencken
The sadistic narcissist perceives himself as Godlike, ruthless and devoid of scruples, capricious and unfathomable, emotion-less and non-sexual, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-present, a plague, a… — Sam Vaknin
A Mormon is a man that has the bad taste and the religion to do what a good many other people are restrained from doing… — Finley Peter Dunne
Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be.… — George Eliot
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. — Edward Dahlberg
He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear. — Benjamin Franklin
We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his… — Otto von Bismarck
Here I beg you to observe in passing that the scruples that prevented ancient writers from using arithmetical terms in geometry, and which can only… — Rene Descartes
Underlying all your choices, particularly subject matter and the way you represent it, should be your own personal scruples, the standards and rules that you… — Richard Schmid
I have the knack of easing scruples. — Moliere
I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a… — John Updike
History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring, she flows towards her goal. At every bend in her course she leaves the mud… — Arthur Koestler
Anatole France frankly advised, "When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it." Yes, indeed, but do… — Gary Saul Morson
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. — Joseph Conrad
Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
He without benefit of scruples - His fun and money soon quadruples. — Ogden Nash
Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she… — William Shakespeare
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal. — Boris Yeltsin
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of… — Xunzi
Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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