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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position read more
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.
The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . read more
The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for read more
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for the fact that you are the University authorities . . .'
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice read more
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent read more
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.
