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And I should absolutely never sacrifice intellect to the fancied interest of morals. It is generally held that the teaching of virtue demands the inculcation of falsehood. In politics, we conceal the vices of eminent statesmen of our own party. In theology, we conceal the sins of Popes if we are Catholics, and the sins of Luther and Calvin if we are Protestants. In matters of sex, we pretend before young people that virtue is much commoner than it is. ... This whole attitude implies a certain feebleness. Let us know the truth, whatever it is ; then we can act rationally.
Source: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, by Bertrand Russell
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