Frank Rich Quotes

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.

- Agnes Repplier

Essayist

• Civilization

There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.

- Joseph Joubert

Essayist

· France

• Admiration
• Daughter

Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.

- William Hazlitt

Essayist

· England

• Anchors
• Art
• Sports

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.

- William Hazlitt

Essayist

· England

• Book
• Language
• Scholar

Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated.

- Joseph Joubert

Essayist

· France

• Example
• Fire
• Religion

He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan.

- William Hazlitt

Essayist

· England

• Faithful
• Principles

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

- William Hazlitt

Essayist

· England

• Drink
• Sleep
• Walks

Without duty, life is soft and boneless.

- Joseph Joubert

Essayist

· France

• Duty

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

- Joseph Joubert

Essayist

· France

• Book
• Reading
• Statistics

Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness.

- Agnes Repplier

Essayist

• Envy
• Selfish