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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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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. – Denis Diderot

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Nature
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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. – Denis Diderot

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Every man has his dignity. Im willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. – Denis Diderot

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The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy. – Goethe

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

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

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