Jacques Barzun

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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

Jacques Barzun
idealism , springs , deep
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Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

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

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

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

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teaching , cannot , see
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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.

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

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

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

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any , assembly , simplest , way , stop
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Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

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

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clothing , fashions , always
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.

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intelligence
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

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great , cultural , changes
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Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

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

Jacques Barzun
any , assembly , simplest , way , stop