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Jacques Martin Barzun Quotes
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Famous Jacques Martin Barzun Quotations
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Jacques Martin Barzun (born November 30, 1907) is a French-born American historian of ideas and culture. His areas of expertise are far-ranging including "French and German literature, music, education, ghost stories, detective fiction, language, and etymology
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- 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 Martin Barzun »
- In producers, loafing is productive and no creator, of whatever magnitude, has ever been able to skip that stage, any more than a mother can skip gestation. Jacques Martin Barzun »
- Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap. Jacques Martin Barzun »
- Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Martin Barzun »
- The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Jacques Martin Barzun »
- Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball. Jacques Martin Barzun »
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