I love this quote, but it really isn’t true. People frequently forego the first one.
I love it too and I like to have an evil reason as well. That keeps things in perspective. And a right reason—which balances the ‘good’ with the ‘evil’ according to my ethical sentiment. But that’s just a (morally ambiguous) ideal. The real reason, that which Carlyle mentions, is something else again.
I love it too and I like to have an evil reason as well. That keeps things in perspective. And a right reason—which balances the ‘good’ with the ‘evil’ according to my ethical sentiment. But that’s just a (morally ambiguous) ideal. The real reason, that which Carlyle mentions, is something else again.
I have a different angle—I like to have a stupid reason, to amuse my friends with.