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I do think sometimes people get morally superior without understanding situations.

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

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

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Virtue is harmony.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.