#oral

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

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The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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The USA experiences the crisis of ideological and moral values. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

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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

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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. ↗

— Xun Zi

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Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

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Conscience, Christ, and the gift of faith make evil men uneasy in their sin. They feel that if they could drive Christ from the earth, they would be free from "moral inhibitions." They forget that it is their own nature and conscience which makes them feel that way. Being unable to drive God from the heavens, they would drive his ambassadors from the earth. In a lesser sphere, that is why many men sneer at virtue--because it makes vice uncomfortable. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

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