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Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination o

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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What we call “morals” is simply blind obedience to words of command. – Havelock Ellis

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Morality is a private and costly luxury. – Henry B. Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

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The Seven Deadly Sins are a litany of victimless crimes, compiled to distract attention from the bloody felonies of the righteous. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. – Denis Diderot

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