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Quote by Alfred Jarry
To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea be

To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form. – Alfred Jarry

Other quotes by Alfred Jarry

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings. – Alfred Jarry

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Destruction, Destructive
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Alfred Jarry
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Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men. – Alfred Jarry

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strength
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Alfred Jarry
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Tradition
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The dead govern the living. – Auguste Comte

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Tradition

A precedent embalms a principle. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Tradition

The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny mans ability to adapt to changing circumstances. – Stephen Bayley

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Tradition

In America nothing dies easier than tradition. – Russell Baker

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Tradition

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