A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.
Irving BabbittYet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.
Irving BabbittAccording to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
Irving Babbitt