Friedrich Nietzsche

Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it.

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utility room

[utility room] {n.} A room in a house or building for machinery and other things important in the daily use of the building and the work of the people in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at cross purposes

[at cross purposes] {adv. phr.} With opposing meanings or aims; with opposing effect or result; with aims which hinder or get in each other's way. * /Tom's parents acted at […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cross

[cross] See: [AT CROSS PURPOSES], [CARRY ONE'S CROSS], [DOUBLE CROSS], [KEEP ONE'S FINGERS CROSSED] at [CROSS ONE'S FINGERS] (1b). A Dictionary of American Idioms

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