"The truth is, hardly any of us..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
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“The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.”
“To a high degree we are, through art and science, cultured. We are civilized - perhaps too much for our own good - in all sorts of social grace and decorum. But to consider ourselves ashaving reached morality - for that, much is lacking.”
“To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may seem lower than ours.”