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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position read more
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for read more
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for the fact that you are the University authorities . . .'
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice read more
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer read more
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
