#immoral

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#existence #hitherto #immoral #knowledge #morality

If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95) ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#compassion #empathy #immorality #morality #reason

We are all artificial and have been unnaturally changed by violence and unwholesome conditioning. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#conditioning #immoral #violence #change

Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution. ↗

— Judith Martin

#almost #contribution #days #did #discreet

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #beautiful #born #desires #ears

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#book #books #immoral #moral #such

American GIs don't fight this unjust immoral and illegal war of Johnson's. ↗

— Hanoi Hannah

#fight #gis #illegal #immoral #johnson

Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#forcibly #immoral #oppressive #person #rate

There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice. ↗

— Kurt Huber

#becomes #blatant #cloak #cowardice #dares

Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#car #cigarettes #driving #immoral #other