“One of the perils of a classical education, he often reflected, was a predilection for vocabulary of an obfuscating nature.”

“Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”

“In short, he was a dope. He often looked to Yossarian like one of those people hanging around modern museums with both eyes together on one side of a face. It was an illusion, of course, generated by Clevinger's predilection for staring fixedly at one side of a question and never seeing the other side at all.”

“When Alexander saw the depth of his empire he wept for there were no more worlds to concquer. Benefits of a classical education.”

“Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality.”

“A classical work of literature can never be completely understood. But those who are educated and educating themselves must always desire to learn more from it.”