Moralist Quotes
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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.
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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
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Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
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What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.
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You pick up very well-known books on Lincoln and you will find almost no reference to his long-term belief in colonization. Why? Because it doesn't fit the image of the Great Emancipator. It doesn't fit the retrospective view we want to have of Lincoln as the man who was the moralist in politics, who came into office committed to ending slavery and waited to sign this document.
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The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events.
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any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply.
