"No justification of virtue will enable a man……" — C.S. Lewis
"No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism. I had sooner play cards against a man who was quite skeptical about ethics, but bred to believe that ‘a gentleman does not cheat’, than against an irreproachable moral philosopher who had been brought up among sharpers."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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Total war is the most humane in the long run.
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Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.
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Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
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