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Quote by Matthew Arnold
Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insi

Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances. – Matthew Arnold

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Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled. – Matthew Arnold

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Belief
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But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will. – Matthew Arnold

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Memory
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We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part. – Allan Bloom

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Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver. – Hermann Goering

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In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming. – William Bolitho

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Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what youve got. – Peter Drucker

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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod. – Winston Churchill

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The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. – George Bernard Shaw

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