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The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.


John F. Kennedy


#historically #inherently #oaths #open #open society

Oaths are the fossils of piety.


George Santayana


#oaths #piety

Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.


Peter Singer


#best interests #care #clients #commitment #course

…the trouble with oaths of the form, death before dishonor, is that eventually, given enough time and abrasion, they separate the world into two sorts of people: the dead, and the forsworn.


Lois McMaster Bujold


#death-before-dishonor #in-the-end #inevitable #oaths #the-dead

...oaths and anchors equally will drag: naught else abides on fickle earth but unkept promises of joy.


Herman Melville


#liars #oaths #equality

The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts--and let's face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field--is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the taste of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by anyone with an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good--and we all know how rare that is...


Jasper Fforde


#detestable #dilutes #evil #expert #good

Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back. "You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward. "I can't." "I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret." "Tell me." I loved it when he was like this. "I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes. "I swear it," he echoed. We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned. "I feel like I could eat the world raw.


Madeline Miller


#happiness #heroes #love #mythology #oaths

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.


Aeschylus


#bigger #guarded #love #man #married

To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.


Alfred Adler


#cooperation #human #inhuman #loathsome #must

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.


Aeschylus


#i #must #oaths #say #unjust






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