There is something deeply attractive, at least to quite a lot of people, about squalor, misery, and vice. They are regarded as more authentic, and certainly more exciting, than cleanliness, happiness, and virtue.
The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong. - Theodore Dalrymple
The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.
- Theodore Dalrymple
A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do. - Theodore Dalrymple
A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.
The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what it is in their power to impr… - Theodore Dalrymple
The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what it is in their power to impr…
Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings. - Theodore Dalrymple
Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.
When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themsel… - Theodore Dalrymple
When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themsel…
When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude. - Theodore Dalrymple
When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.
I've heard a hundred different variations of instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. Where two p… - Theodore Dalrymple
I've heard a hundred different variations of instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. Where two p…
Nonjudgmentalism is not really nonjudgmental. It is the judgment that . . . everything is the same, nothing is better. This is as barbaric and untrut… - Theodore Dalrymple
Nonjudgmentalism is not really nonjudgmental. It is the judgment that . . . everything is the same, nothing is better. This is as barbaric and untrut…
Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish. - Theodore Dalrymple
Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.
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