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Those moralists, on the other hand, who, following in the footsteps of Socrates, offer the individual a morality of self-control and temperance as a means… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and… — Aldous Huxley
When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and… — Jane Austen
I know of no American who starts from a higher level of aspiration than the journalist. . . . He plans to be both an… — H. L. Mencken
If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not… — John Hersey
What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character,… — Honore de Balzac
It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a… — Oscar Wilde
If I am against the condition of the world it is not because I am a moralist, it is because I want to laugh more.… — Henry Miller
It seems to me that the moralist is the most useless and contemptible of creatures. He is useless in that he would expend his energies… — John Edward Williams
Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise, the… — William Warburton
The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events. — Georges Lefebvre
When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude that you have a taste for middle-aged moralizing. — C.S. Lewis
If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh… — Henry Miller
Someone like Einstein was quite clearly a moralist, and he had a very highly developed political vision and was very spiritual in his way, and… — Jonathan Miller
The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence. — Bertrand Russell
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure. — Lord Byron
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. — Bertrand Russell

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