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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler

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People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. – Samuel Butler

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The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves. – Thomas Edward Brown

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Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. – Oliver Wendell Holmes,Jr.

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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. – Henry David Thoreau

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Virtue is insufficient temptation. – George Bernard Shaw

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