There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions.
There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.
Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
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