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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. – Samuel Butler

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An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better. – Samuel Butler

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Ideas
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Samuel Butler
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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. – Samuel Butler

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Art
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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler

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Death
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. – Rita Mae Brown

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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Culture

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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Culture

Culture is one thing and varnish is another. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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