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Jacques Barzun Quotes

Jacques Barzun quotes about work

American Educator November 30, 1907 – October 25, 2012

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Education in the United States is a passion and a paradox. Millions want it, and commend it, and are busy about it. At the same time they degrade it by trying to get it free of charge and free of work. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked..."
Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for. Jacques Barzun
To delve into history entails, besides the grievance of hard work, the danger that in the depths one may lose one’s scapegoats. Jacques Barzun
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. Jacques Barzun
Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is..."
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's..."
The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works. Jacques Barzun

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