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> [To speak of beauty is to enter another and more exalted realm-a realm sufficiently apart from our everyday concerns as to be mentioned only with a certain hesitation. People who are always in praise and pursuit of the beautiful are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/to-speak-of-beauty-is-to-enter-another-and-more-exalted-realm-a-realm/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

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> [“People who are always in praise and pursuit of the beautiful are an embarrassment, like people who make a constant display of their religious faith.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/people-who-are-always-in-praise-and-pursuit-of-the-beautiful-are-an/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

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## More by Roger Scruton

> [Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it does not matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/beauty-is-vanishing-from-our-world-because-we-live-as-though-it-does/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [“So conceived, the English police force served to emphasize a fundamental truth about the English law, which is that it exists not to control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/so-conceived-the-english-police-force-served-to-emphasize-a/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [My 2018 ended with a hate storm, in response to my appointment as chair of the government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/my-2018-ended-with-a-hate-storm-in-response-to-my-appointment-as/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/i-ve-never-been-an-optimist-but-that-s-fine-because-pessimists-have/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [Unlike every other product that is now manufactured for the table, wine exists in as many varieties as there are people who produce it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/unlike-every-other-product-that-is-now-manufactured-for-the-table/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/the-abstract-unreal-freedom-of-the-liberal-intellect-was-really/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [“I think we can all see the force of the idea that there are certain things that cannot be done to human beings –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/i-think-we-can-all-see-the-force-of-the-idea-that-there-are-certain/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/when-art-becomes-merely-shock-value-our-sense-of-humanity-is-slowly/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [“Western democracies did not create the virtue of citizenship; on the contrary, they grew from it. Nothing is more evident in The Federalist than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/western-democracies-did-not-create-the-virtue-of-citizenship-on-the/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [“If one looks back to the French Revolution, one sees just how easy it is for the doctrine of “human rights” to become an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/if-one-looks-back-to-the-french-revolution-one-sees-just-how-easy-it/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [“I say it was immediately apparent, but it was not apparent to the intellectual class, which has remained largely wedded to the post-war consensus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/i-say-it-was-immediately-apparent-but-it-was-not-apparent-to-the/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [Conservatives hold on to things not only because they are attached to them, but also because they do not see the sense in radical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/conservatives-hold-on-to-things-not-only-because-they-are-attached-to/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [“Academic philosophers in the English speaking world still regard philosophy as Locke defined it in the 17th century, as “the handmaiden of the sciences”:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/academic-philosophers-in-the-english-speaking-world-still-regard/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [Delia Smith is, actually, my bete noire. I consider her a most pernicious influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/delia-smith-is-actually-my-bete-noire-i-consider-her-a-most/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

> [Modern art was born from a desire to destroy kitsch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/modern-art-was-born-from-a-desire-to-destroy-kitsch/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

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