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Matthew Arnold Quotes: Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.
         

Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.


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Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly.

Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly.



If there ever comes a time when the women of the world come together purely and simply for the benefit of mankind, it will be a force such as the world has never known.

If there ever comes a time when the women of the world come together purely and simply for the benefit of mankind, it will be a force such as the world has never known.



Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, brutalizes our lower class.

Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, brutalizes our lower class.



The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.



Like driftwood spares which meet and pass Upon the boundless ocean-plain, So on the sea of life, alas! Man nears man, meets, and leaves again.

Like driftwood spares which meet and pass Upon the boundless ocean-plain, So on the sea of life, alas! Man nears man, meets, and leaves again.



Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.

Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.



Life is not having and getting, but being and becoming

Life is not having and getting, but being and becoming



He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and that book is the Bible.

He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and that book is the Bible.



Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too!

Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too!



Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.





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O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention!

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention!



Up until age 40, most men are just not as mature as women. So, it makes sense that a lot of women date up in age a bit.

Up until age 40, most men are just not as mature as women. So, it makes sense that a lot of women date up in age a bit.



Shamanism is not a course, but a life journey.

Shamanism is not a course, but a life journey.



I love all kinds of music.

I love all kinds of music.



The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.

The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.



I wanted to do something nice so I bought my mother-in-law a chair. Now they won't let me plug it in.

I wanted to do something nice so I bought my mother-in-law a chair. Now they won't let me plug it in.



After moving back to LA, I definitely would love to go to school and do more music in between acting as well as finally learning how to drive!

After moving back to LA, I definitely would love to go to school and do more music in between acting as well as finally learning how to drive!



As a child, because manga was always around and I was reading it, I naturally thought, "Hey, I'd like to draw manga - I'd like to be a manga author!"

As a child, because manga was always around and I was reading it, I naturally thought, "Hey, I'd like to draw manga - I'd like to be a manga author!"



All I can say is, death is a part of life.

All I can say is, death is a part of life.




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