Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

Hunter S. Thompson
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
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This quote is sometimes attributed to Socrates, but there is no evidence that he said it. A more credible source says the saying was invented by a man named Diogenes, a Greek philosopher in a town called Sinope in the beginning of the 5th century BC. He was a Cynic philosopher who believed in living simply and not being concerned about material things.

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