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Culture is to know the best that has been
said and thought in the world.
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-Matthew Arnold
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One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a
fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A cultured person is one who can entertain
himself, entertain guests, and entertain ideas.
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-Laurence J. Peter
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*The art of any given
period or culture is a faithful mirror of that culture's philosophy.
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-Ayn Rand
The Romantic Manifesto, 1971
"Basic Principles of Literature", 1968
Originally appeared in The Objectivist, July-August, 1968
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is
the last product of civilization.
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-Arnold Toynbee
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