Quote by Irving Babbitt
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic re

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration. – Irving Babbitt

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Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type. – Irving Babbitt

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Society
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The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the most perfect symbol of the triumph of quantity over quality…. Whole forests are being ground into pulp daily to minister to our triviality. – Irving Babbitt

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Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world. – Wes Anderson

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Im in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy. – Norman Jewison

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Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye Thats all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. – William Butler Yeats

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Romantic

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity. – Kate Millett

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Custom is second nature. – Augustine of Hippo

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Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood. – Gandhi, Non-violence in Peace and War, 1948

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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. – Rene Descartes

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Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both. – Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

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