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Jacques Barzun quotes: The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity.

The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.

Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.

Jacques Barzun quotes: [T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist.

[T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Highly-adaptive, informal networks move diagonally and eliptically, skipping entire functions to get things done.

Highly-adaptive, informal networks move diagonally and eliptically, skipping entire functions to get things done.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.

Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.

Jacques Barzun quotes: It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

Jacques Barzun quotes: If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

Jacques Barzun quotes: It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.

It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from the robots.

Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from the robots.

Jacques Barzun quotes: When all around take fundamental ideas for granted, these must be the truth. For most minds there is no comfort like it.

When all around take fundamental ideas for granted, these must be the truth. For most minds there is no comfort like it.

Jacques Barzun quotes: For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation.

For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation.

Jacques Barzun quotes: First Principle: Have a point and make it by means of the best word.

First Principle: Have a point and make it by means of the best word.

Jacques Barzun quotes: To denounce does not free the self from what it hates, any more than ignoring the past shuts off its influence.

To denounce does not free the self from what it hates, any more than ignoring the past shuts off its influence.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Boredom and fatigue are great historical forces.

Boredom and fatigue are great historical forces.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn.

Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn.

Jacques Barzun quotes: You never step in the same river of thought twice, because neither you nor it are the same.

You never step in the same river of thought twice, because neither you nor it are the same.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Intellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention.

Intellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Jacques Barzun quotes: To delve into history entails, besides the grievance of hard work, the danger that in the depths one may lose one's scapegoats.

To delve into history entails, besides the grievance of hard work, the danger that in the depths one may lose one's scapegoats.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Above all, do not talk yourself out of good ideas by trying to expound them at haphazard meetings.

Above all, do not talk yourself out of good ideas by trying to expound them at haphazard meetings.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Tennis belongs to the individualistic past - a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past - a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Americans began by loving youth, and now, out of adult self-pity, they worship it.

Americans began by loving youth, and now, out of adult self-pity, they worship it.

Jacques Barzun quotes: The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.

Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.

Jacques Barzun quotes: The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.

The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.

Jacques Barzun quotes: We cannot appreciate the art of any age without first acquiring an equivalent of the experience it depicts.

We cannot appreciate the art of any age without first acquiring an equivalent of the experience it depicts.

Jacques Barzun quotes: [ ... ] the state is not immoral but amoral; half of it exists outside morality

[ ... ] the state is not immoral but amoral; half of it exists outside morality

Jacques Barzun quotes: The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

Jacques Barzun quotes: If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Jacques Barzun quotes: [The prince] dare not let ethics keep him from doing whatever evil must be done to preserve himself and the state.

[The prince] dare not let ethics keep him from doing whatever evil must be done to preserve himself and the state.

Jacques Barzun quotes: The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.

The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Jacques Barzun quotes: The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.

The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

Jacques Barzun quotes: No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.

No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.

Jacques Barzun quotes: No subject of study is more important than reading ... all other intellectual powers depend on it.

No subject of study is more important than reading ... all other intellectual powers depend on it.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

Jacques Barzun quotes: I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it.

I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it.

Jacques Barzun quotes: The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.

Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Grab a pen and put down some words - your name even - and a title: something to see, to revise, to carve, to do over in the opposite way

Grab a pen and put down some words - your name even - and a title: something to see, to revise, to carve, to do over in the opposite way

Jacques Barzun quotes: When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent.

When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent.

Jacques Barzun quotes: I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.

I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Jacques Barzun quotes: By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.

By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.

Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.

Jacques Barzun quotes: It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

Jacques Barzun quotes: The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

Jacques Barzun quotes: The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals.

The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals.

Jacques Barzun quotes: In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.

Jacques Barzun quotes: An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Life is given us as a passion.

Life is given us as a passion.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

Jacques Barzun quotes: In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published.

Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Simple English is no one's mother tongue. It has to be worked for.

Simple English is no one's mother tongue. It has to be worked for.

Jacques Barzun quotes: Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight.

Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight.