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“Don't take security in the false refuge of consensus.”
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“You cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. This is your tragedy, because you understand them but they do not understand you.”
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“Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world”
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“You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the hip. You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip. You’ve never turned the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight.”
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“To be equally serious in receiving such communication, one must be not only a responsive but also a responsible listener. You are responsive to the extent that you follow what has been said and note the intention that prompts it. But you also have the responsibility of taking a position. When you take it, it is yours, not the author's. To regard anyone except yourself as responsible for your judgment is to be a slave, not a free man. It is from this fact that the liberal arts acquire their name.
(P. 140)”
― How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
(P. 140)”
― How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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