Mark Twain Quotes About Ethics
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Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.
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Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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The moral sense enables one to perceive morality, and avoid it. The immoral sense enables one to perceive immorality and enjoy it.
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Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
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Schoolboy days are no happier than the days of afterlife, but we look back upon them regretfully because we have forgotten our punishments at school and how we grieved when our marbles were lost and our kites destroyed – because we have forgotten all the sorrows and privations of the canonized ethic and remember only its orchard robberies, its wooden-sword pageants, and its fishing holidays.
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In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
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