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Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do."

A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish."

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 Quotes: "Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings."

Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "If the history of the 20th Century proved anything, it proved that however bad things were, human ingenuity could usually find a way to make them worse."

If the history of the 20th Century proved anything, it proved that however bad things were, human ingenuity could usually find a way to make them worse.




Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "Equality of Ugliness: If we can't all live in a beautiful place we must all live in an ugly place."

Equality of Ugliness: If we can't all live in a beautiful place we must all live in an ugly place.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy."

There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid?"

Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid?




Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "To regret religion is to regret Western civilization."

To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it — in other words, by becoming civilized — that men become fully human."

It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it — in other words, by becoming civilized — that men become fully human.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "How many people does each of us know who claim to seek happiness but freely choose paths inevitably leading to misery?"

How many people does each of us know who claim to seek happiness but freely choose paths inevitably leading to misery?



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained."

Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained.




Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "Life is a biography, not a series of disconnected moments, more or less pleasurable but increasingly tedious and unsatisfying unless one imposes a purposive pattern upon them."

Life is a biography, not a series of disconnected moments, more or less pleasurable but increasingly tedious and unsatisfying unless one imposes a purposive pattern upon them.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "All forms of human happiness contain within themselves the seeds of their own decomposition."

All forms of human happiness contain within themselves the seeds of their own decomposition.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "The world has a lot to thank murderers for, when you come to think of it."

The world has a lot to thank murderers for, when you come to think of it.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "Facts are much more malleable than prejudices."

Facts are much more malleable than prejudices.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "[T]he scale of a man's evil is not entirely to be measured by its practical consequences. Men commit evil within the scope available to them."

[T]he scale of a man's evil is not entirely to be measured by its practical consequences. Men commit evil within the scope available to them.



Theodore Dalrymple Quotes: "Demonstrative proof is lacking, but if we thought only about those things about which such proof were available, our minds would be empty most of the time."

Demonstrative proof is lacking, but if we thought only about those things about which such proof were available, our minds would be empty most of the time.