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Piety and corruption go together like hot dogs and mustard. They have to. No one can fulfill the demands of piety; as a daily demand, it is inhuman. So it inspires the opposite—just for the sheer health of the body, if not the soul. – Norman Mailer, “Primitive Man, Art and Science, Evil and Judgment,” The Spooky A

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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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Sin is commitable in thought, word or deed; so is virtue. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. – Henry David Thoreau

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Some folks wear their halos much too tight. – Author Unknown

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