Anthony Daniels Quotes
born 1949 England
Anthony Daniels (born 11 October 1949) is an English writer and retired physician (prison doctor and psychiatrist) who frequently uses the pen name Theodore Dalrymple.
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Also known as: Daniels, Anthony, Theodore Dalrymple
85 quotes
When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.
Reason can never be the absolute dictator of man’s mental or moral economy.
For intellectuals, everyone’s mind is closed but their own.
Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.
In the welfare state, experience teaches nothing.
Frivolity without gaiety and earnestness without seriousness—a most unattractive combination.
Truth is not the first casualty of war alone: it is the first casualty of populism.
It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.
The tattoo has a profound meaning: the superficiality of modern man’s existence.
It is hard to oppose an ideology with a tradition.
There is no smoke without fire, and there is no ethically repugnant principle without logic.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anthony Daniels (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.