From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the hands of barbarians. But unless the humanist tradition itself in some form survives, there can really be no civilization at all.
Louis KronenbergerConformity may not always reign in the prosperous bourgeois suburb, but it ultimately always governs.
Louis KronenbergerSomeone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.
Louis Kronenberger