Alan Jacobs Quotes

The Virtue and unpretentiousness of the wise man, which I am talking about, goes unnoticed because of its transparent ordinariness.

Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.

…the blogosphere is the friend of information but the enemy of thought.

Those who will never be fooled can never be delighted, because without self-forgetfulness there can be no delight, and this is a great and grievous loss.