Quote by George Orwell
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. – George Orwell

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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. – Aristotle

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To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Virtue is insufficient temptation. – George Bernard Shaw

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