It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.

C.S. Lewis in The Abolition of Man
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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....

C.S. Lewis in The Abolition of Man
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