William Hazlitt: The measure of any man’s virtue is what he would do if he had neither the laws…
The measure of any man’s virtue is what he would do if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.
In today’s wordsThe measure of anyone's virtue is what they would do if they had no laws, no public opinion, not even their own prejudices to restrain them.
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