The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.
Education
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Quotes by Jacques Barzun
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Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap.
Wisdom
If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.
Life