The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in its destiny, that it has ceased to aspire to greatness, and has retired from history to pet itself.
The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in… - Henry Fairlie
The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in…
- Henry Fairlie
The most important fact about our shopping malls, as distinct from the ordinary shopping centers where we go for our groceries, is that we do not nee… - Henry Fairlie
The most important fact about our shopping malls, as distinct from the ordinary shopping centers where we go for our groceries, is that we do not nee…
The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it wouldnot be praiseworthy… - Henry Fairlie
The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it wouldnot be praiseworthy…
Love wants to enjoy in other ways the human being whom it has enjoyed in bed; it looks forward to having breakfast. - Henry Fairlie
Love wants to enjoy in other ways the human being whom it has enjoyed in bed; it looks forward to having breakfast.
But in the morning Lust is always furtive. It dresses as mechanically as it undressed and heads straight for the door, to return to its own solitude.… - Henry Fairlie
But in the morning Lust is always furtive. It dresses as mechanically as it undressed and heads straight for the door, to return to its own solitude.…
Gluttony and Lust are the only sins that abuse something that is essential to our survival. - Henry Fairlie
Gluttony and Lust are the only sins that abuse something that is essential to our survival.
We are at full stop. We think we have arrived. - Henry Fairlie
We are at full stop. We think we have arrived.
There is a middlebrow snobbery in America that praises everything on public television and disdains everything on the commercial networks as a blight. - Henry Fairlie
There is a middlebrow snobbery in America that praises everything on public television and disdains everything on the commercial networks as a blight.
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