24 Quotes by George Edward Moore

Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, and love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.

If I am asked ‘what is good?’ my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter.

I’ll tell thee what it says; it calls me villain, a treacherous husband, a cruel father, a false brother; one lost to nature and her charities; or to say all in one short word, it calls me – Gamester.

Ay, rail at gaming – ’tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city – you’ll find a congregation in every tavern.

But from the hoop’s bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.

Can’t I another’s face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen’d yours?