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| Alla vägar, som inte utgår från ditt hjärta, slutar blint. | Ole Wivel |
| Allt har blivit sämre utom en sak som har blivit bättre: flickornas moral har sjunkit. | Robert Lembke |
| Den som är rädd för att ha syndat, är nästan oskyldig. | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Det högsta möjliga tillståndet i moralkulturen är när vi inser att vi måste kontrollera våra tankar. | Charles Darwin (1809-1882) |
| Dubbelmoral är bra, förlorar man den ena har man den andra kvar. | Henrik Tikkanen (1924-1984) |
| Dubbelmoral är bra. Förlorar man den ena, så har man den andra kvar. | Henrik Tikkanen (1924-1984) |
| En man som predikar moral, är i regel en hycklare. Och de kvinnor som gör det, är utan undantag fula | Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
| Ha ett hjärta som aldrig hårdnar, ett sinne som aldrig tröttnar, ett handslag som aldrig skadar. | Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
| Handla endast efter den maxim om vilken du samtidigt kan vilja att den upphöjdes till allmän lag. | Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) |
| Ingen av mina hjältar - märk väl: i n g e n - är otrogen. Om det inte är moral, så vet då inte jag. | Margit Sandemo (1924-) |
| Lasternas summa är konstant. | Ukjente ordtak |
| Moral är en ståndpunkt som vi intar gentemot folk som vi inte tycker om | Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
| Moral är, när man lever på ett sätt, som det inte är roligt att leva på. | Edith Piaf (1915-1963) |
| Norsk moral är god export. | Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947-) |
| Solidaritet är det enda i livet som kräver en oantastlig moral. | Ingmar Bergman (1918-) |
| Summan av lasterna stiger konstant. | Ukjent |
| Skulle jeg foragte nogen, blev det mennesker, der lever efter en moral, andre har lavet. | Agnes Henningsen |
| Har man ingen karakter, må man skaffe sig leveregler. | Albert Camus (1913-1960) |
| Den hurtighed, med hvilken en hæderlig mand fordærves, er skræmmende. | Anatole France (1844-1924) |
| Mad går forud for moral. | Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) |
| Når solen står op, kommer min moral igen. | Elayne Boosler (1952-) |
| Du skal ikke begære din næstes hustru. Du skulle bare vide, hvor hun ligner din egen | Erik Jacobsen |
| Den officielle moral er noget, man kræver af andre, men virkelige moralkrav kan man med rimelighed kun stille til sig selv. | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) |
| Hvad er moralsk? Det er det, der føles godt - bagefter | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) |
| Når mennesket ikke længer anser sig for ondt, ophører han med at være det! | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| Tegn på fornemhed: aldrig at tænke på at devaluere vore pligter til pligter for alle. | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| Der er kun én sand moral for hvert menneske: men hvert menneske har ikke den samme sande moral | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Det, man kalder last, er altid det samme. Det, man kalder dyd, er mere en modesag | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Jo flere ting et menneske skammer sig over, jo mere respektabel er vedkommende. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Når en dum mand gør noget, han skammer sig over, erklærer han altid, at det er hans pligt. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Vær ikke mod andre, som du vil have, de skal være mod dig. De har måske ikke samme smag | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Moralsk indignation er jalousi med en glorie. | Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) |
| Samvittighed er en svigermor, hvis besøg aldrig hører op | Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) |
| Man skal have rene hænder. | Hans Broge |
| Ja, vi bør tilgive vores fjender, men ikke før de er hængt | Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) |
| En handling er ikke strafbar, fordi den er umoralsk, men umoralsk, fordi den er strafbar. | Helge Krog (1889-1962) |
| Moralens vogtere er aldrig bekymrede for sig selv, kun for andre. | Helge Krog (1889-1962) |
| Dobbeltmoral er godt. Mister man den ene, har man stadig den anden tilbage. | Henrik Tikkanen (1924-1984) |
| De forlystelser, man virkeligt savner modet til, kalder man laster. | Henry Miller (1891-1980) |
| Man bør ikke fordømme Mennesker for, hvad de gør mod deres Fjender. Men måske bør man dømme dem efter sindelaget, de viser deres venner. | Herman Bang |
| Lad aldrig din moralske overbevisning hindre dig i at gøre det rette. | Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) |
| Hvis jeg var prins eller lovgiver, ville jeg ikke spilde min tid på at sige hvad man burde gøre. Jeg ville gøre det selv eller holde min mund. | Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) |
| Kirkegården for dette århundredes ofre for menneskelig grusomhed omfatter endnu en stor kirkegård - for alle de ufødte | Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) |
| Udskyd ikke til i morgen, hvad du kan have fornøjelse af i dag. | Josh Billings (1818-1885) |
| Anstandsdamer styrker ikke moralen; de tvinger umoralen til at være diskret. | Miss (Judith Martin) Manners (1938-) |
| Betal uret med ret og venlighed med venlighed. | Konfucius (555 f.Kr.-479 f.Kr.) |
| Det er svært at være fattig uden at klage. Det er let at være rig uden at være hovmodig. | Konfucius (555 f.Kr.-479 f.Kr.) |
| Her i verden vil et ædelt menneske hverken være for eller imod noget, Han vil følge det, som er rigtigt. | Konfucius (555 f.Kr.-479 f.Kr.) |
| Hvorledes kan man have det godt, når ens moral er dårlig? | Count Leo Lev Nikolgevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) |
| Den, der fornærmede dig, er enten stærkere eller svagere end dig. Hvis han er svagere, så lad ham slippe. Hvis han er stærkere, så lad dig selv slippe | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Det gør en stor forskel, om et menneske er uvillig til at synde eller ikke ved, hvordan det gøres. | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Det, som før var laster, er nu sæder. | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Enhver skyldig er sin egen bøddel. | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Ikke at forbyde synden er at indbyde den. | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Laster kan man lære sig endog uden lærere | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Utaknemmelig er den, som takker uden vidner | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| Den eneste tyran, jeg vil acceptere i den verden, er den stille stemme indeni. | Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
| Hele menneskeheden er en udelt og udelelig familie, og hver og en af os er medansvarlig for alle de andres ugerninger | Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
| Verdenshistorien er fyldt med beretninger om mennesker, der nåede toppen ved hjælp af mod og selvtillid. | Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
| Udfør enhver handling i dit liv, som om det var den sidste. | Marcus Aurelius Antonius (121-180) |
| Den sande mening med religionen er således ikke alene moral, men moral i forening med følelse. | Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) |
| Når du vælger det mindste af to onder, husk på, at det stadig er et onde. | Max Lerner (1902-1992) |
| Det gælder om at optræde moralsk rigtigt og nationalt rigtigt. Det forekommer ofte og det tror jeg i øvrigt sker i mange virksomheder at man træffer beslutninger, som ikke er gunstige for det, der hedder the bottom line. | Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller |
| Ligesom der behøves love for at opretholde en høj moral, behøves der en høj moral for at opretholde lovene | Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) |
| Stadige og overdrevne grusomheder er forkastelige, ikke fordi de er umoralske, men fordi de er uden virkning. | Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) |
| I et tilfælde som dette bliver det mere end en moralsk pligt at sige sin mening. Det bliver en fornøjelse. | Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
| Ladhed lønner med armod. | Peder Syv (1631-1702) |
| Den officielle moral er noget, man kræver af andre, men virkelige moralkrav kan man med rimelighed kun stille til sig selv | Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) |
| Hvis dine moralbegreber gåd dig trist, så vær sikker på, at de er forkerte. | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) |
| Moralister er mennesker, som klør sig selv, hvor det klør på andre. | Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) |
| Hans samvittighed var ren. Han brugte den aldrig. | Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1906-1966) |
| Gør ikke en umoralsk ting af moralske årsager. | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) |
| En moralsk, fornuftig mand af god familie ville aldrig fornærme mig, og ingen anden kan. | William Cowper (1731-1800) |
| Det er muligt, at menneskene ikke bliver bedre af at få det bedre, men det er i hvert fald givet, at de bliver slettere af at forhindre andre i at få det bedre. | Willy Sørensen |
| The world is dangerous to live in, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and let them do so. | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
| Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to do what is right. | Alexander Solsjenitsin |
| Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. | Andrew Young (1932-) |
| Boredom is . . . a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it | Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) |
| When the sun comes up, I have morals again. | Elayne Boosler (1952-) |
| What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) |
| We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us. | François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) |
| Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose. | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness. | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| What is good? All that elevates the feeling of power, the will to power, the power itself in man. | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| The modern mankind has a double moral: One, that we preach, but don't use, and one that we use, but don't preach. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| The nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| On the whole, human beings want to be good,but not too good, and not quite all the time | George Orwell (1903-1950) |
| If man does his best what else is there? | General George S. Patton (1885-1945) |
| Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. | Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) |
| Yes, we ought to forgive our enemies, but not until they are hanged. | Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) |
| Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right | Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) |
| It is not possible to speak of the right to choose when a clear moral evil is involved, when what is at stake is the commandment Do not kill! | Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) |
| Rise above principal and do what's right. | Joseph Heller (1923-1999) |
| Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet. | Miss (Judith Martin) Manners (1938-) |
| How can one be well when one is in moral suffering? | Count Leo Lev Nikolgevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) |
| Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65) |
| The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. | Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
| Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. | Marcus Aurelius Antonius (121-180) |
| All universal moral principles are idle fancies. | Marquis De Sade (1740-1814) |
| The higher the buildings, the lower the morals. | Noël Coward (1899-1973) |
| And what is good, Phaedrus? And what is not good? | Platon (427 f.Kr.-348 f.Kr.) |
| The only thing man ought to consider is whether he does right or wrong | Platon (427 f.Kr.-348 f.Kr.) |
| It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but exremely troublesome and vexatious | Plutarktos (46-119) |
| Men make laws; women make morals. | Proverbs, France |
| If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) |
| And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good.. Need we ask anyone to tell us these things? | Robert M. Pirsig |
| Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash. | Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1906-1966) |
| Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) |
| After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done | Unknown |
| The Human Race is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for they are the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they might have been | William Hazlitt (1778-1830) |
| All's welll that ends well | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) |
| It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore | Alex Carey |
| The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods | Irving Kristol |
| Morality is only moral when it is voluntary. | Lincoln Steffens |
| The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man. | Norma Shearer (1900-1983) |
| Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people | Don Herold (1889-1966) |
| Morality is a private and costly luxury | Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) |
| Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. | Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
| Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil | Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) |
| Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| Morality is contraband in war. | Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
| There can be no high civility without a deep morality | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) |
| It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money. | W. C. Fields (1880-1946) |
| Moral principle is the foundation of law. | Ronald D. Dworkin |
| Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God. | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
| Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. | Elizabeth Hardwick |
| Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time | Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) |
| Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality. | Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826) |
| Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people | Don Herold (1889-1966) |
| We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach. | Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) |
| For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry happiness as something degraded and unworthy | Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) |
| Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals | Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) |
| Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. | Albert Bandura (1925-) |
| "Perhaps it hasn't one," Alice ventured to remark."Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." | Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) |
| What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike | Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) |
| It is the human wish to be told lies that keep us as primitive morally and socially as we are. (...) I am persuaded that a lie grounded in human desire is too powerful for mere reason to kill. | David Horowitz |
| Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate. | Dennis Prager (1948-) |
| Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown | Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) |
| An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Morality is a private and costly luxury | Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) |
| It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. | Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
| Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong | Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) |
| The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods | Irving Kristol |
| Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis. | Karl Kraus (1874-1936) |
| Ghandi's seven sins:Wealth without workPleasure without conscienceKnowledge without characterCommerce without moralityScience without humilityWorship without sacrificePolitics without principle | Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948) |
| Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. By Order of the Author | Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
| Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers | Samuel Butler (1835-1902) |
| Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain | Samuel Butler (1835-1902) |
| Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality. | Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826) |
| Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science. | Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826) |
| Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy. | Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826) |
| All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God | François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778) |
| It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money. | W. C. Fields (1880-1946) |
| There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral | Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) |
| Å være moralsk vil si å ikke ha det noe morsomt i livet. | Edith Piaf (1915-1963) |