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Quote by Denis Diderot
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenien

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

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If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you cant deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. – Denis Diderot

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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. – Denis Diderot

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Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful. – Denis Diderot

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

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Without doubt half the ethical rules they din into our ears are designed to keep us at work. – Llewelyn Powys

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The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom. – Michel de Montaigne, translated

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Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose. – Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist

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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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