Quotes by Barzun, Jacques

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. >>

Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning. >>

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and spli >>

Quotations about Tragedies

Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and ca >>

When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered >>

Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of al >>

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Barzun, Jacques