The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the…

C. S. Lewis
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The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we're so anxious not to see.
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Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1990). Poetry and prose in the sixteenth century, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we're so anxious not to see.

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