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JACQUES BARZUN
French-American teacher, historian and author
(1907 - )

Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.
      - [Self]

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.
      - [Intellect]

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

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

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