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Author - Joseph Epstein
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snobbery
[Snobbishness] is the desire for what divides men and the inability to value what unites them.
bible
Vladimir Nabokov, contemning readers who "identified" with characters in fiction, remarked that the best....
history
The study of the past is the main portal through which culture is acquired.
envy
It is difficult to be ambitious without also being envious.
pride
Those who consider themselves good teachers probably aren't.
focus
For reasons no one has yet explained, the Internet is at once riveting and a great killer of concentration.....
leftism
Conservatives and those on the right are usually willing to settle for thinking themselves correct on....
solitude
The acquisition of culture requires repose, sitting quietly in a room with a book, or alone with one's....
focus
The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one....
men
There is no word equivalent to 'cuckold' for women.
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