Quotes of Roger Scruton - somelinesforyou

“ Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is an addition to human society, provided it is used to embolden conversation, and provided conversation remains civilized and general. We are appalled by the drunkenness in our city streets, and many are tempted to blame alcohol for the riot, since alcohol is part of its cause… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is an addition to human society, provided it is used to embolden conversation, and provided conversation remains civilized and general. We are appalled by the drunkenness in our city streets, and many are tempted to blame alcohol for the riot, since alcohol is part of its cause… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The social drinking of wine, during or after a meal, and in full cognizance of its delicate taste and evocative aura, seldom leads to drunkenness, and yet more seldom to loutish behavior. The drink problem that we witness in British cities stems from our inability to pay Bacchus his due… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is an addition to human society, provided it is used to embolden conversation, and provided conversation remains civilized and general. We are appalled by the drunkenness in our city streets, and many are tempted to blame alcohol for the riot, since alcohol is part of its cause… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The social drinking of wine, during or after a meal, and in full cognizance of its delicate taste and evocative aura, seldom leads to drunkenness, and yet more seldom to loutish behavior. The drink problem that we witness in British cities stems from our inability to pay Bacchus his due… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is an addition to human society, provided it is used to embolden conversation, and provided conversation remains civilized and general. We are appalled by the drunkenness in our city streets, and many are tempted to blame alcohol for the riot, since alcohol is part of its cause… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The world is, in fact, a much better place than the optimists allow: and that is why pessimism is needed. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ It is unfortunately very difficult to describe the nature of philosophy in a small compass; the only satisfaction that an author can draw from the attempt to do so lies in the knowledge that an answer to the question "What is philosophy?" is apt to seem persuasive only to the extent that it is brief… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ Cognitive states of mind are seldom addictive, since they depend upon exploration of the world, and the individual encounter with the individual object, whose appeal is outside the subject's control. Addiction arises when the subject has full control over a pleasure and can ponder it at will… ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body. ”

- Roger Scruton

“ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets. ”

- Roger Scruton
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