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

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Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. – Havelock Ellis

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Dance, Dancing
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To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach. – Havelock Ellis

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Life
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Those persons who are burning to display heroism may rest assured that the course of social evolution will offer them every opportunity. – Havelock Ellis

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Society
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Other Quotes from
Morality
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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. – Denis Diderot

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Morality

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

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Morality

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

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Morality

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

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Morality

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An eagle does not catch flies. – Proverb

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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. – Samuel Butler

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You dont have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesnt mean you wont fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying. – Benjamin Carson

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Knowledge

Past and to come, seems best; things present, worse. – William Shakespeare, Henry IV

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Adversity