What did Jacques Barzun mean by: I have always been – I think any student of history almost inevitably is – a cheerful pessimist. - Jacques Barzun Copy
+ When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Culture, Normal, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Civilization, Future, Vision, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Appreciate, Education, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Capacity, Limits, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Americans began by loving youth, and now, out of adult self-pity, they worship it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Adults, Loving You, Self, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Hatred, Political, Tolerance, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Emotion, Music, Purpose, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Baseball, Legs, 0 - Jacques Barzun
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