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A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.
A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.
It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many read more
It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.
The end of culture is right living.
The end of culture is right living.
I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for read more
I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or read more
Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved
No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.
No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.
A house is a machine for living in.
A house is a machine for living in.
"What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. read more
"What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life"
