"Philistine - a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, as the name applied by prigs to the rest of their species."

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Source : Leslie Stephen (1928). “Sir Thomas Browne. Jonathan Edwards. Horace Walpole. Dr. Johnson's writings. Crabbe. William Hazlitt. Disraeli's novels. Massinger”

Leslie Stephen

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“That faith be analyzable does not necessarily imply a method for getting by without it. . . .”
“Plato's cave is full of freaks.”
“It's always good in science to say "Well how do you know that?" and "Are you really sure?" and "Could there be an exceptional case?"”
“Our vision is to look through the eyes of our kids. We are a lucky, peaceful nation. We are an unselfish people. That's one of our proudest national attributes.”
“The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had people come out of that and have careers, but I think there was a pretty intense backlash, too.”
“We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.”
“Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it.”
“I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page of a new book that we most wanted to read.”

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