You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.
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It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
One should make morals judgements for oneself.
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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