Clever Quote by Stendhal

There must be nothing in my daily conduct that, copied by another, could lead that one into unholiness.

— Helen Roseveare

It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“I live in an unethical society that coarsens the sensibilities and thwarts the capacities for goodness of most people but makes available for minority…

— Susan Sontag

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

“It takes gumption to wake up every day to face the fickle world and cleave to your morals and values Not flinch at the…

— Emmanuella Raphaelle

“This is not a "guilty pleasure" of mine, simply because I don't believe in "guilty" pleasures. Snobbery is just the public face of insecurity.”

— James Kakalios

I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And…

— Anonymous

“I am now going to make an admission. I confess, I agree, that all these good people who protested, who laughed, who did not…

— Paul Valery

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I take pride in being original. Wierd, strange, & different, are all accepted as compliments.

— Anonymous

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.

— Oscar Wilde