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There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn’t pay Smith.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It won’t be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.

Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?