Quotes about decency

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No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it.

Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

H. L. Mencken

We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile.

R. W. Riis