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Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.
Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the read more
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have
become incapable of discerning right from wrong. Everything can
be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is one great
moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay. The ordinary
citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes. . . . It is
they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while
their "betters" were derelict.
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and read more
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.
To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.
I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in read more
I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in fifty scarce agree
On what is pure morality.
Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if
only you can find it."
"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if
only you can find it."