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The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration.

Samuel Johnson
Influence, Argument, Failing
Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.194
The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration.