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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
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The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age like this one the function of the moralist is not to exhort men to be good but to elucidate what the good is. The problem of sanctions is secondary.
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Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
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Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
The Conquest of Happiness (1930) -
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn t?
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Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
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