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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
H. G. Wells1866–1946The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914), p. 299
Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.
John Wesley1703–1791Sermons on Several Occasions (1771), Sermon 38, “A Caution against Bigotry”
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.
Mae West1893–1980
- Good & Evil
When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better.
Mae West1893–1980I’m No Angel (1933)
- Comedy
- Good & Evil
I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.
Joss Whedonborn 1964“Joss Whedon: Atheist & Absurdist”, comments made in a Q&A-session in Australia, while promoting his movie Serenity (2005)
- Atheism
Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality,
And the vast that is evil I saw hastening to merge itself and become lost and dead.
Walt Whitman1819–1892Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Roaming in Thought, 1
- Good & Evil
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel1928–2016Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo (10 December 1986)
- Good & Evil
- Justice
Duty is what one expects from others.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
A man’s very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900A Woman of No Importance (1893), Act III
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.”
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter IIn context
- Courage
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter IIIn context
The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), The PrefaceIn context
- Art