Carolina QuotesThose who based their lives on the unintelligence of sentimentality fight to save themselves with the unintelligence of brutality.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
pp. 33-34
- work
- Ideas have Consequences (1948)
- year
- 1948
- locator
- pp. 33-34
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“Those who based their lives on the unintelligence of sentime…” Richard M. Weaver. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4AF0EDF324. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4af0edf324
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