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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.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Emma Goldman |

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.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Walter Lippmann |

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

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel |

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | George (Lord) Byron |

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | George (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.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Bertrand Russell |

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

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Bertrand Russell |