A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

Quote by Jacques Barzun

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Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and...

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

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The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

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Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

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Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

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Always old-fashioned

Always old-fashioned

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Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that...

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Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or...

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Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or...

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and...

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...