The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code of manners and a native cuisine. Both are apt to suffer when life is regarded as a means to something else. Efficiency and charm are mortal enemies, and Southern charm indubitably derives from a carelessness about the efficient aspects of life.

Famous Quotes / Richard Weaver

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Richard Weaver: "The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code of manners and a native cuisine. Both are apt to suffer when life is regarded as a means to something else. Efficiency and charm are mortal enemies, and Southern charm indubitably derives from a carelessness about the efficient aspects of life."

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About	Aspects	Bishop	Carelessness
Charm	Civilization	Code	Cuisine
Deem	Derives	Efficiency	Efficient
Enemies	Essential	Excelled	French
Indubitably	John	Life	Manners
Means	Mortal	Native	Peale
Recalling	Regarded	Saying	Something
South	Southern	Suffer	Things
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The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code of manners and a native cuisine. Both are apt to suffer when life is regarded as a means to something else. Efficiency and charm are mortal enemies, and Southern charm indubitably derives from a carelessness about the efficient aspects of life. - Richard Weaver