Quotes by Joseph Epstein

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The study of the past is the main portal through which culture is acquired. — Joseph Epstein
Vladimir Nabokov, contemning readers who "identified" with characters in fiction, remarked that the best readers identif — Joseph Epstein
Conservatives and those on the right are usually willing to settle for thinking themselves correct on political issues; — Joseph Epstein
[Snobbishness] is the desire for what divides men and the inability to value what unites them. — Joseph Epstein
Those who consider themselves good teachers probably aren't. — Joseph Epstein
The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one knows what one doe — Joseph Epstein
For reasons no one has yet explained, the Internet is at once riveting and a great killer of concentration. — Joseph Epstein
The acquisition of culture requires repose, sitting quietly in a room with a book, or alone with one's thoughts even any — Joseph Epstein
There is no word equivalent to 'cuckold' for women. — Joseph Epstein
Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food. — Joseph Epstein
Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thou — Joseph Epstein