If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows. РJean Baptiste Moli̬re, Le Misanthrope

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

Every human being has… an attendant spirit…. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. – Lydia M. Child

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable. – Georges Courteline, La philosophie de Georges Courteline, 1917