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Jacques Barzun Quotes


Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. Jacques Barzun Tragedy 107
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice. Jacques Barzun Education 81
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun Education 80
Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art. Jacques Barzun Art 72
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams. Jacques Barzun America 68
Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning. Jacques Barzun Art 68
The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Jacques Barzun Education 66
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. Jacques Barzun Appeal 63
Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine. Jacques Barzun Affectation 62
It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence. Jacques Barzun Society 51
In any assembly, the simplest way to stop the transacting of business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. Jacques Barzun Principles 46
Education in the United States is a passion and a paradox. Millions want it and commend it and are busy about it. At the same time they degrade it by trying to get it free of charge and free of work. Jacques Barzun Education 42
Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. Jacques Barzun Music 39
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. Jacques Barzun Tragedy 37
Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. Jacques Barzun Deep 35

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