The Mechanics of Virtue by Matt Berry, aphorism 14

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The public sees no difference between a lack of restraint and cynical truth.  But a finer intellect can see this from two angles.  First, the public sees no difference between conventional propriety and Truth, and second, both the lack of restraint and the exposure of self-interest prick the undiscerning in the same spot, in the same way.  This is why today we have one word — “cynicism” — for two very distinct events and how Diogenes’ legacy has doubled its original ambiguity. 




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