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Albert Einstein
“A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear and punishment and hope of reward after death.” Albert Einstein, The world as I see it
William Shakespeare
“Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?” William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Ethics and æsthetics are one.” Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Søren Kierkegaard
“Is there such a thing as a teleological suspension of the ethical?” Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling
William Shakespeare
“Men should be what they seem.” William Shakespeare, Othello
Henry Ford
“Some day the ethics of business will be universally recognized, and in that day business will be seen to be the oldest and most useful of all the professions.” Henry Ford, My Life and Work
George Bernard Shaw
“An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.” George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
C. S. Lewis
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest.” C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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