"Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel." ― Edmund Burke Topic(s): Society Tags: adultery, murder, overlook, society More From Edmund Burke "Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society." "Superstition is the religion of feeble minds." "If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue." More In Society "Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things."― Kesha "What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk."― Marcus Tullius Cicero "A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill."― Robert A. Heinlein