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People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. - Eliz

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. – Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker, 1987 February 16th

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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. – Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

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Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. – Charles Caleb Colton

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For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone. – John Milton

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