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Moralist Quotes

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist Picture Quote #1

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure Picture Quote #1

And many a holy text around she strews, that teach the rustic moralist to die Picture Quote #1

The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events Picture Quote #1

Any mystery writer is both magician and moralist... two species of artist in short supply Picture Quote #1

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile Picture Quote #1

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I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them Picture Quote #1

Conscience is a great moralist inside us with a stick in its hand. It is a whip of virtue which oppresses us unmercifully when we do wrong Picture Quote #1

Don’t make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I’m not Picture Quote #1

I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them Picture Quote #1

But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 own relations Picture Quote #1

To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock Picture Quote #1

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it Picture Quote #1

It becomes the moralist, too, to inquire what man might do to improve and beautify the system; what to make the stars shine more brightly, the sun more cheery and joyous, the moon more placid and content Picture Quote #1

So near are the boundaries of panegyric and invective, that a worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make the best declaimer against sin. The same high-seasoned descriptions which in his unregenerate state served to inflame his appetites, in his new province of a moralist will serve him (a little turned) to expose the enormity of those appetites in other men Picture Quote #1

The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level Picture Quote #1

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Where do you put a form? It will move all around, bellow out and shrink, and sometimes it winds up where it was in the first place. But at the end it feels different, and it had to make the voyage. I am a moralist and cannot accept what has not been paid for, or a form that has not been lived through Picture Quote #1

Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 inseparable attendants of imposture Picture Quote #1

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 upon making judgments rather than upon gaining knowledge, for the reason that judgment is easy and knowledge is difficult. He is contemptible in that his judgments reflect a vision of himself which in his ignorance and pride he would impose upon the world. I implore you, do not become a moralist; you will destroy your art and your mind Picture Quote #1

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It’s absolutely unavoidable. A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every day and reports what she sees, someone who represents the world, the event, for others. She cannot do her work without judging what she sees Picture Quote #1

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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era Picture Quote #1

Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it Picture Quote #1

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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist (Moralist Quotes) Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure (Moralist Quotes) And many a holy text around she strews, that teach the rustic moralist to die (Moralist Quotes) The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events (Moralist Quotes) Any mystery writer is both magician and moralist... two species of artist in short supply (Moralist Quotes) The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile (Moralist Quotes) I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them. (Moralist Quotes) Conscience is a great moralist inside us with a stick in its hand. It is a whip of virtue which oppresses us unmercifully when we do wrong. (Moralist Quotes) Don’t make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I’m not (Moralist Quotes) I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them (Moralist Quotes) But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance (Moralist Quotes) 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 (Moralist Quotes) 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 own relations (Moralist Quotes) To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock (Moralist Quotes) Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it (Moralist Quotes) It becomes the moralist, too, to inquire what man might do to improve and beautify the system; what to make the stars shine more brightly, the sun more cheery and joyous, the moon more placid and content (Moralist Quotes) So near are the boundaries of panegyric and invective, that a worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make the best declaimer against sin. The same high-seasoned descriptions which in his unregenerate state served to inflame his appetites, in his new province of a moralist will serve him (a little turned) to expose the enormity of those appetites in other men (Moralist Quotes) The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level (Moralist Quotes) Where do you put a form? It will move all around, bellow out and shrink, and sometimes it winds up where it was in the first place. But at the end it feels different, and it had to make the voyage. I am a moralist and cannot accept what has not been paid for, or a form that has not been lived through (Moralist Quotes) Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man (Moralist Quotes) 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 (Moralist Quotes) 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 inseparable attendants of imposture (Moralist Quotes) 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 upon making judgments rather than upon gaining knowledge, for the reason that judgment is easy and knowledge is difficult. He is contemptible in that his judgments reflect a vision of himself which in his ignorance and pride he would impose upon the world. I implore you, do not become a moralist; you will destroy your art and your mind (Moralist Quotes) Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It’s absolutely unavoidable. A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every day and reports what she sees, someone who represents the world, the event, for others. She cannot do her work without judging what she sees (Moralist Quotes) As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era (Moralist Quotes) Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it (Moralist Quotes)