Morality
The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right.
The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right.
The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.
The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.
A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII.
Intent; meaning; moral.
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Morality Quotations
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Albert Einstein
Force always attracts men of low morality.
Albert Einstein
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.
Winston Churchill
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
Thomas Jefferson
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
Thomas Jefferson
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Fear is the mother of morality.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.
Friedrich Nietzsche
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Morality Translations
morality in Dutch is zedelijkheid, moraliteit
morality in French is vertu
morality in German is Sittlichkeit, Moral
morality in Portuguese is virtude
morality in Spanish is moralidad
morality in Swedish is sedlighet, moral
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