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> [“Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus vult decipi, but there is a hierarchy of deceptions. Near the bottom of the ladder is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/not-all-deceptions-are-palatable-untruths-are-too-easy-to-come-by-too/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

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> [“The good must be clearly good but not wholly clear. If it is wholly clear it is too easy to reject. What is wanted is an oversimplification, a reduction of a multitude of possibilities to only two. But if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/the-good-must-be-clearly-good-but-not-wholly-clear-if-it-is-wholly/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

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## Other authors on Too easy

## More by Walter Kaufmann

> [Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/life-ceases-to-be-so-oppressive-we-are-free-to-give-our-own-lives/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/thirdly-even-if-we-assume-that-the-world-is-governed-by-purpose-we/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/mundus-vult-decipi-the-world-wants-to-be-deceived-the-truth-is-too/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [It is widely assumed, contrary to fact, that theism necessarily involves the two assumptions which cannot be squared with the existence of so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/it-is-widely-assumed-contrary-to-fact-that-theism-necessarily/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [The refusal to belong to any school of thought, the repudiation of the adequacy of any body of beliefs whatever, and especially of systems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/the-refusal-to-belong-to-any-school-of-thought-the-repudiation-of-the/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [“One need not believe in Pallas Athena, the virgin goddess, to be overwhelmed by the Parthenon. Similarly, a man who rejects all dogmas, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/one-need-not-believe-in-pallas-athena-the-virgin-goddess-to-be/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/in-all-three-cases-and-for-most-human-beings-the-problem-of-suffering/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/the-only-theism-worthy-of-our-respect-believes-in-god-not-because-of/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/the-deepest-difference-between-religions-is-not-that-between/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/job-s-forthright-indictment-of-the-injustice-of-this-world-is-surely/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [“Renouncing false beliefs will not usher in the millennium. Few things about the strategy of contemporary apologists are more repellent than their frequent recourse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/renouncing-false-beliefs-will-not-usher-in-the-millennium-few-things/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [“Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/not-all-deceptions-are-palatable-untruths-are-too-easy-to-come-by-too/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [Let people who do not know what to do with themselves in this life, but fritter away their time reading magazines and watching television,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/let-people-who-do-not-know-what-to-do-with-themselves-in-this-life/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [“The Golden Rule is intolerable; if millions did to others whatever they wished others to do to them, few would be safe from molestation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/the-golden-rule-is-intolerable-if-millions-did-to-others-whatever/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

> [To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kaufmann/to-try-to-fashion-something-from-suffering-to-relish-our-triumphs-and/)

[Walter Kaufmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kaufmann/)

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