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Roger Scruton
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The best evidence of a ___ is when you change it.
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The consolation of ___ things is not ___ consolation.
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A writer who says there are no ___s, or that all ___ is merely relative, is asking you not to believe him. So don't.
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It is not enough to be ___; you have to be good. We are attracted by ___ people; but only on the assumption that their ___ness is a sign of goodness.
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Quotes
Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Roger Scruton?
→ It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
→ Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.
→ When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds.
→ Like adverts, today's works of art aim to create a brand, even if they have no product to sell except themselves.
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Pick the quote attributed to Roger Scruton.
→ Nothing is more useful than the useless.
→ Coming close to death you begin to know what life means, and what it means is gratitude.
→ Like every other viable environmental policy, the search for clean energy begins at home.
→ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets.
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Select the quotation attributed to Roger Scruton.
→ Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.
→ Music addresses us from beyond the borders of the natural world.
→ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.
→ Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated.
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One of these may be attributed to Roger Scruton. Which one?
→ It is to overlook the culture that has focused, down the centuries, on the business of repentance.
→ In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.
→ Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it.
→ If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it.
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Which one of these belongs to Roger Scruton?
→ When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment.
→ The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy.
→ Music addresses us from beyond the borders of the natural world.
→ Conservatism is itself a modernism, and in this lies the secret of its success.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Roger Scruton?
→ Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use.
→ It is to overlook the culture that has focused, down the centuries, on the business of repentance.
→ Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.
→ Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Roger Scruton.
→ When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment.
→ The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy.
→ Like adverts, today's works of art aim to create a brand, even if they have no product to sell except themselves.
→ The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Roger Scruton. Which one?
→ Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.
→ Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.
→ Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.
→ The first effect of modernism was to make high culture difficult: to surround beauty with a wall of erudition.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Roger Scruton?
→ Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.
→ There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last.
→ When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds.
→ The first effect of modernism was to make high culture difficult: to surround beauty with a wall of erudition.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Roger Scruton.
→ Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.
→ It is to overlook the culture that has focused, down the centuries, on the business of repentance.
→ If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it.
→ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.
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Looks like Roger Scruton is the author of one of these.
→ In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.
→ Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.
→ Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.
→ The first effect of modernism was to make high culture difficult: to surround beauty with a wall of erudition.
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Pick the one quotation belonging to Roger Scruton.
→ Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
→ Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.
→ When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment.
→ Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated.
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Which one should be attributed to Roger Scruton?
→ Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.
→ The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy.
→ The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language.
→ Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated.
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Can you identify which quote belongs to Roger Scruton?
→ The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.
→ The first effect of modernism was to make high culture difficult: to surround beauty with a wall of erudition.
→ If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it.
→ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.
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Select the quote belonging to Roger Scruton.
→ In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.
→ Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.
→ Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.
→ Music addresses us from beyond the borders of the natural world.
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Choose which quotation belongs to Roger Scruton.
→ Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
→ Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.
→ Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.
→ Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it.
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Select the quote, which is attributable to Roger Scruton.
→ When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds.
→ Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.
→ If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it.
→ Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated.
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Identify the quotation belonging to Roger Scruton?
→ Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.
→ Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it.
→ Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.
→ Conservatism is itself a modernism, and in this lies the secret of its success.
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One of the following quotes belongs to Roger Scruton. Pick one.
→ Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use.
→ There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last.
→ When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds.
→ The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language.
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Guess the right quote, which belongs to Roger Scruton.
→ Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.
→ Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use.
→ Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.
→ Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.
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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Roger Scruton?
→ Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.
→ In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.
→ There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last.
→ Like adverts, today's works of art aim to create a brand, even if they have no product to sell except themselves.
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Pick the quote attributed to Roger Scruton.
→ It is to overlook the culture that has focused, down the centuries, on the business of repentance.
→ When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment.
→ Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.
→ The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy.
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Select the quotation attributed to Roger Scruton.
→ Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
→ Music addresses us from beyond the borders of the natural world.
→ Like adverts, today's works of art aim to create a brand, even if they have no product to sell except themselves.
→ Conservatism is itself a modernism, and in this lies the secret of its success.
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One of these may be attributed to Roger Scruton. Which one?
→ Nothing is more useful than the useless.
→ Coming close to death you begin to know what life means, and what it means is gratitude.
→ Like every other viable environmental policy, the search for clean energy begins at home.
→ It is a great pity we had only one bottle not enough to revive that proof of the afterlife, though enough to revive some gentle regrets.
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