Famous quote by Irving Babbitt

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"The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people"

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This quote is written / told by Irving Babbitt between August 2, 1865 and July 15, 1933. He/she was a famous Critic from USA. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing"

Euripides, Poet

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people"