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38e3986 Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. love trust wrong William Shakespeare
f7150e2 Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. majority right-and-wrong truth wrong Leo Tolstoy
f8ed335 So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. morals right right-and-wrong wrong Ernest Hemingway
594803f It's not given to people to judge what's right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong. right wrong Leo Tolstoy
ee38597 Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time. opinions wrong Chuck Klosterman
c2e0471 Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. right truth wrong L.M. Montgomery
31089e4 In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky -- her grand old woods -- her fertile fields -- her beautiful rivers -- her mighty lakes, and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked, my joy is soon turned to mourning. When I remember that all is cursed with the infernal actions of slaveholding, robbery and wrong, -- when I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten, and that her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing. curse disregard loathing robbery slaveholding wrong Frederick Douglass
9244533 Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you. self-sacrifice wrong Jodi Picoult
19ff0ee There are only two forces at work in this world- black and white. Only people are grey. evil good inspirational right wrong Chris Heimerdinger
7dfe0a9 Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong. wrong Robert A. Heinlein
da31392 Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right. right wrong David Mitchell
c5121e6 What if -- is more complicated than that? What if maybe opposite is true as well? Because, if bad can sometimes come from good actions--? where does it ever say, anywhere, that only bad can come from bad actions? Maybe sometimes -- the wrong way is the right way? You can take the wrong path and it still comes out where you want to be? Or, spin it another way, sometimes you can do everything wrong and it still turns out to be right? bad-deeds black-and-white good good-deeds what-is-bad what-is-good wrong Donna Tartt
e3070e4 I wonder where you got that idea from? I mean, the idea that it's feeble to change your mind once it's made up. That's a wrong idea, you know. Make up your mind about things, by all means - but if something happens to show that you are wrong, then it is feeble not to change your mind, Elizabeth. Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas. changing-your-mind feeble ideas pluck strenght wrong Enid Blyton
00618d0 Perhaps she was just looking for love in the wrong places. In all the safe places. What if love was not safe at all? place safe wrong Mary Balogh
bce16d1 ... you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong. wright wrong Terry Pratchett
062e606 Trust the Simi. She ain't never wrong. trust wrong Sherrilyn Kenyon
dacc682 What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong. conviction right wrong Elizabeth Gaskell
82c001e I'VE NEVER BEEN VERY SURE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT, said Bill Door. I AM NOT SURE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS RIGHT. OR WRONG. JUST PLACES TO STAND. wrong Terry Pratchett
9c4ed2e Occasionally we all do wrong things from right motives. Only time can prove us right or wrong. The past is the past. Nothing can change it now, and who is to say that it was all wrong, anyway? time wrong Mary Balogh
c846367 As long as there is one person suffering an injustice; as long as one person is forced to bear an unnecessary sorrow; as long as one person is subject to an undeserved pain, the worship of a God is a demoralizing humiliation. As long as there is one mistake in the universe; as long as one wrong is permitted to exist; as long as there is hatred and antagonism among mankind, the existence of a God is a moral impossibility. said: 'Injustice upon earth renders the justice of of heaven impossible. earth hatred impossibility ingersoll injustice justice mankind mistake morality pain robert-g-ingersoll robert-green-ingersoll robert-ingersoll sorrow suffering universe wrong Joseph Lewis
b7437a1 And a lot of it will be wrong, but just enough of it will be right. life right wrong Ray Bradbury
23b31f2 He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong. plausibility wrong Arthur C. Clarke
67f0168 It's funny how a person can be right all the time and still be wrong. wrong Louis Sachar
69a67ea It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. labyrinth life suffering wrong John Green
84204dd "Can't it be stopped?" said Lina. She shifted around under her blanket, trying to find a place to sit where rocks weren't digging into her. Maybe it can be stopped at the beginning," Maddy said. "If someone sees what's happening and is brave enough to reverse the direction." Reverse the direction?" Yes, turn it around." How would you do that?" You'd do something good," said Maddy. "Or at least you'd keep yourself from doing something bad." But how could you?" said Lina. "When people have been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?" You wouldn't want to," said Maddy. "That's what makes it hard. you do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad." decisions inspirational right wrong Jeanne DuPrau
aa6f23d The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern 'knowledge' is that it is wrong. The young man then quoted with approval what Socrates had said on learning that the Delphic oracle had proclaimed him the wisest man in Greece. 'If I am the wisest man,' said Socrates, 'it is because I alone know that I know nothing.' The implication was that I was very foolish because I was under the impression I knew a great deal. Alas, none of this was new to me. (There is very little that is new to me; I wish my correspondents would realize this.) This particular theme was addressed to me a quarter of a century ago by John Campbell, who specialized in irritating me. He also told me that all theories are proven wrong in time. My answer to him was, 'John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together. earth flat-earth greece ignorance knowledge relativity science scientific-theory socrates theory understanding universe wisdom wrong Isaac Asimov
100ae02 I'm a monster. You're a monster. We're fucking inhuman monsters, and we don't see a damned thing wrong with it. fucking inhuman monster thing wrong John Scalzi
ae3ab65 I give you full credit for the discovery, I crawl, I grovel, my name is Watson, and you need not say what you were just going to say, because I admit it all. sherlock-holmes watson wrong Dorothy L. Sayers
5bafcd1 Lords of melody and song, Lords of roses burning bright, Blue will right the ancient wrong, Though the way is dark and long, Blue will shine with loving light. melody right roses song wrong Madeleine L'Engle
b00cdaa The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong. orthodoxy right wrong G.K. Chesterton
becc919 I'm right and wrong, moral and immoral, good and bad, a hero and a villain, and I've been just as capable of truth as I have been lies. bad chasing-impossible good good-and-bad hero hero-and-villain immoral katie-mcgarry lies moral moral-and-immoral pushing-the-limits right right-and-wrong truth truth-and-lies villain wrong Katie McGarry
37f18f0 Isaiah says. As I move to rest next to him, he stops me. He motions to the spot between his legs. Awkwardly, I settle in front of him. Isaiah, the king of secure, waves off any distance between us as he gathers me into the safe shelter of his body. The blood pulses faster in my veins. I like being this close to him. Maybe a little too much. His breath tickles the skin behind my ear, and the small hairs stand on end with the joyous sensation. He glides his fingers against my skin causing an addictive tingling. I cut him off. The panic attacks confirm that. Unable to be near him anymore, I attempt to untangle myself from him, but Isaiah becomes a solid wall around me and I jerk in his arms in protest. His tender hold tightens, and the words feel like poetry because of the deep, soothing way he speaks. compliments here isaiah love-touch rachel-young see-you sit strong wrong Katie McGarry
cac94a0 "Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should stay away from the girl he knows would go to bed with him. Remember the words of Solomon to his son, "Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house" (Proverbs 5:8). I know this advice sounds very narrow in a day when virginity is mocked and chastity is considered old-fashioned. But I don't apologize for it. The Scriptures are eternal, and God's standards of right and wrong do not change with the whims of culture. He will honor and help those who are trying to follow His commandments. In fact, the apostle Paul said, "He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear" (1Corinthians 10:13). Hold that promise and continue to use your head. You'll be glad you did." act advice alone and apostle are attracted avoid away be bear bed beyond can change chastity circumstances commandments compromise considered continue culture day did do door eternal failure first follow girl glad go god-s guy he head help her him hold honor house important intended is keep knows let likely may mocked moral narrow near never not old-fashioned path paul place preserve principle proberbs promise reason relationship remeber result right scriptures she should single-date slower solomon someone son sounds standards stay tempted those to trust trying use very virginity wants what-you whims who whom will with words would wrong you you-ll your James C. Dobson
9dd74b1 Images of broken light dance behind my eyelids. How could this giant lamp compare to the sun? Everything is wrong here. Shattered. Broken. Like the light. Like me. I never thought about how important the sky was until I didn't have one. I am surrounded by walls. I have just replaced one box for another. broken claustrophobic images important light metal shattered sky sun unnatural walls wrong Beth Revis
6b9def8 in a constitutionally ordered state, where laws are derived from broad principles of right and wrong and where those principles are enshrined and protected by agreed upon procedures and practices, it can never be in the long-term interest of the state or its citizens to flout those procedures at home or associate too closely overseas with the enemies of your founding ideals. ideals right wrong Tony Judt
24479b2 "It's better to make the wrong choice," my father had continued, "than to make no choice at all." choice father make wrong Bernard Cornwell
e72ff9e "It was wrong to do this," said the angel. "You should live like a flower, Holding malice like a puppy, Waging war like a lambkin." "Not so," quoth the man Who had no fear of spirits; "It is only wrong for angels Who can live like the flowers, Holding malice like the puppies, Waging war like the lambkins." angels crane human lambkins wrong Stephen Crane
4f07c40 Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your brother and teacher, as you said at Lorton. It is less wrong that you should see me than that you should be committing this long suicide. bookish caring compassion foreboding gentleman insight love suicide wrong George Eliot
36e0ef4 "Olivier took a deep breath, then turned and bowed in farewell. Gersonides nodded in return, then thought of something. "The manuscript you brought me, by that bishop. It argues that understanding is more important than movement. That action is virtuous only if it reflects pure comprehension, and that virtue comes from the comprehension, not the action." Olivier frowned. "So?" "Dear boy, I must tell you a secret." "What?" "I do believe it is wrong." comprehension philosophy right understanding virtue wrong Iain Pears
4d66ff7 The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again. That's how we know we're alive: we're wrong. wrong Philip Roth
70be467 Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I'm one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to theguilty,' but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself. protest society stand-up wrong Ray Bradbury
7e2126a If I ever have to cast an acting role, I want the wrong person for the part. I can never visualize the right person in a part. The right person for the right part would be too much. Besides, no person is every completely right for any part, because part in a role is never real, so if you can't get someone who's perfectly right, it's more satisfying to get someone who's perfectly wrong. Then you know you've really got something. choices decisions right role warhol wrong Andy Warhol
c936336 So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, to your community around you, to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. devote important life live love meaning purpose wrong Mitch Albom
7103481 "If you were me you'd do the right thing, help your friends, because you're not a coward," Mandy sighed sadly. "I covered up a murder because I was scared to go to jail and I did the wrong thing... well, now's my chance to do the right thing, to save someone's life, because I don't want you to die." "Save someone's life? I'm no one," Alecto laughed morbidly. "A hundred and twelve years is definitely way too long to have survived. You'd be wasting your time and risking your own life...." "This is my life," Mandy declared, smiling sincerely. Alecto just looked concerned and very doubtful as the rain drizzled down the roads and sidewalks, towards the harbour where it fell into the ocean, indistinguishable from all the other water in the world." -- cape-breton coward crime death disturbance dying friend friendship grief help imaginary-friend jail loss misery moral-values morals murder nova-scotia ocean rescue right scary seaside suicide wrong Rebecca McNutt
60d5c1e Sometimes doing the right thing does take more courage, but the feeling it gives you deep inside makes it worth it. courage feelings inspiration landry pearl-in-the-mist right v-c-andrews wisdom worth-it wrong V.C. Andrews
54d6eb7 You know, sometimes the right thing isn't the thing you think is right. It's the wrong thing you're afraid to think of. risks wrong Jude Watson
bb54395 ...everything may be done in a right way or a wrong; the right way is to do it as well as we can, as in God's sight; the wrong is to do it in a self-seeking spirit, which either leads us to neglect it to follow out some device of our own before and after the doing. diligence right right-spirit wrong Elizabeth Gaskell
b2f411e This was all horribly wrong. This was red wine with fish. This was a man wearing a dinner jacket and brown shoes. This was as wrong as things get. red-wine wrong Hugh Laurie
67e768a "Elwood said, "It's against the law." State law, but also Elwood's. If everyone looked the other way, then everybody was in on it. If he looked the other way, he was as implicated as the rest. That's how he saw it, how he'd always seen things." complicity guilt law morality right wrong Colson Whitehead
2932626 , I heard my aunt Diane boom in my head. Those words had been the bane of my childhood, a constant reminder that nothing turned out right, not just for me but for anyone, and that's why someone had invented a saying like that. So we'd all know that we'd never have what we needed. ifs-and-buts people quotes right sayings wrong Gillian Flynn
15104fe Typical Pollution, they're always living in the wrong place at the wrong time. living place pollution time typical wrong Rebecca McNutt
335fb2c But I was wrong about most things, then as now. the-sense-of-an-ending wrong Julian Barnes
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