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Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question "Have we read more
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question "Have we anything to eat?" will be answered not in material but in ethical terms.
Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.
Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.
Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.
