Always old-fashioned

Quote by Jacques Barzun

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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.

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the...

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the...

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...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

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...

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

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

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is...

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is...

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper...

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper...

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit...

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

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

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

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

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

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

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

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

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a...

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a...

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...