Moralism

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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic

Moralism Morality Misanthropy

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Topic

Moralism Morality Books

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.