The attempt to refine tragedy was as hopeless as the attempt to moralise comedy.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
But we need not moralise, any more than Petronius.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Might it not be possible to moralise the pagan system without discrediting its authors, to reconcile the claims of reason and conservative religious feeling?
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill