“History isn’t morality.” — Nancy Kress, Probability Space
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“The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.” — Bertrand Russell, “Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness,” Sceptical Essays
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“Morality is not a simple set of rules. It’s a very complex struggle of conflicting patterns of values.” — Robert M. Pirsig, Lila
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“That’s why when people say ‘the people’ or ‘the public’ as though it’s the final repository of all morality, I sometimes flinch.” — Arundhati Roy, Things That Can and Cannot Be Said
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“Our tendency to abuse and exploit the knowledge we have for nasty ends of course necessitates a system where checks and controls need to be in place as our technology runs far ahead of our morality.” — Derren Brown, Tricks of the Mind
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“I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.” — Wendell Willkie, One World
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“In any conflict the boundaries of behavior are defined by the party that cares the least about morality.” — Randy Wayne White, Last Flight Out
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“Matters change, and morals change; men remain.” — John Galsworthy, “Some Platitudes Concerning Drama,” The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy
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“The minute sex becomes of moral importance, horrible problems are created needlessly.” — Manuel Puig, The Art of Fiction No. 114, the Paris Review (Winter II 1989)
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“To display moral qualities demands practice, just as much as intellectual and manual qualities.” — Robert Aickman, Growing Boys
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