"A conservative, I take it, is a man who despises vulgarity; but the argument which is concerned exclusively with calculations of success, and is based on blindness to the nobility of the effort, is vulgar."

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Source : Leo Strauss (2012). “Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity: Essays and Lectures in Modern Jewish Thought”, p.414, SUNY Press

Leo Strauss

#Men Quotes #Effort Quotes #Conservative Quotes

“Great art is horseshit, buy tacos.”
“Hard to sit here and be close to you, and not kiss you.”
“I'm always impressed with the way the writers find new and creative ways of killing people. But my favourite has to be the hat pin through the ear.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“Its a consequence of the experience of science. As you learn more and more about the universe, you find you can understand more and more without any reference to supernatural intervention, so you lose interest in that possibility. Most scientists I know dont care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists. And that, I think, is one of the great things about science-that it has made it possible for people not to be religious.”
“If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall. Or the mountain should crumble to the sea. I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear, just as long as you stand by me.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ben E. King from Mar 13, 2017
“Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.”
“Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.”
“He who manages the distance, manages the damage.”

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