The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense and half-truth without cease ends by destroying Intellect


The House of Intellect (ed. 1959)

Jacques Barzun Quotes

The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that...

The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that...

The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that...

The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that...