"Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books."

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Source : Leo Strauss (1995). “Liberalism Ancient and Modern”, p.6, University of Chicago Press

Leo Strauss

#Book Quotes #Life Is Too Short Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“Anyone need advice on making the transition from 5.12 to 5.11?”
“Yeah, I can see why beautiful cars are compared to beautiful women... they usually belong to someone else.”
“A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come.”
“Never forget that it is not a pneumonia, but a pneumonic man who is your patient.”
“'Love' has that Kubrick tonality to it, but this is not a Stanley Kubrick movie - there will never be another. At the same time, 'Love' has a modern feel. For example: In one scene, these astronauts go through a wormhole sequence, and you feel like you're being slapped around inside your head by a sonic boom.”
“The seven of us on board [the Space Shuttle] represented five different religions. But we were all agreed - it just doesn't make sense how people on earth treat each other. It doesn't make any difference what language we speak. It doesn't make any difference what country we come from. It certainly doesn't make any difference what the color of our skin is. We are all children of God traveling on spaceship earth together.”
“Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.”
“Dyspepsy is the ruin of most things: empires, expeditions, and everything else.”

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