All MARK TWAIN Quotes about “Ethics”

“Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.”
“Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.”
“The moral sense enables one to perceive morality, and avoid it. The immoral sense enables one to perceive immorality and enjoy it.”
“In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.”
“Schoolboy days are no happier than the days of afterlife, but we look back upon them regretfully because we have forgotten our punishments at school and how we grieved when our marbles were lost and our kites destroyed â€“ because we have forgotten all the sorrows and privations of the canonized ethic and remember only its orchard robberies, its wooden-sword pageants, and its fishing holidays.”

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