I don&#39;t even own my own name on the internet - somebody else bought it.

Modern life changes no longer century by century, but year by year, ten times faster than it ever has before...

Hendrick, I have explained these matters to you because it is useless to punish a man unless he knows why he is being punished.

After being boxed in by man and his constructions in Europe and the East, the release into space is exhilarating. The horizon is a huge remote circle, and no hills intervene.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

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

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

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 Barzun

Quotes by Jacques Barzun

Written By Jacques Barzun

Written By Jacques Barzun

Written By Jacques Barzun

Written By Jacques Barzun

Written By Jacques Barzun

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