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

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There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether. – Havelock Ellis

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

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