Jacques Barzun

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

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.

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

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.

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.