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The Moralist (n.) says ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠'here there are problems' of greatness and purity; the trivial cynic says 'here there are deceivers' — denying the very thing the moralist explains.

A Moralist (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an alchemist in reverse: by praising the best things from morning to night he wears off their gold and turns it to lead.

A Moralist (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a great actor who must be an immoralist in practice; his danger is that his dissimulation becomes nature and he turns moral himself.

A Moralist (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠virtue's worst enemy, who, by teaching it to everyone, robs it of the charm of rareness — its aristocratic magic.

A Moralist (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be very immoral to make morals by deeds; whoever lacks the courage for immorality in deeds is fit for anything but to be a moralist.

A Moralist (n.) appears ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when morality is coming to an end, and disintegrates the moral instincts however much he thinks himself their restorer.

A Moralist (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠virtue's worst enemy: by teaching it as an ideal for everyone he takes away its charm of the rare, the inimitable — its aristocratic magic.