Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.
Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that morality is not just a matter of opinion.
The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world.
As we develop the moral aspect of our lives, we often adapt standards of right and wrong that serve as guides and deterrents for our conduct.
Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
Good morals lead to good laws.
All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.
The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.