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> [Among the words that can be all things to all men, the word "race" has a fair claim to being the most common, most ambiguous and most explosive. No one today would deny that it is one of the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/among-the-words-that-can-be-all-things-to-all-men-the-word-race-has-a/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

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## More by Jacques Barzun

> [The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/the-danger-that-may-really-threaten-crime-fiction-is-that-soon-there/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/it-seems-a-long-time-since-the-morning-mail-could-be-called/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/teaching-is-not-a-lost-art-but-the-regard-for-it-is-a-lost-tradition/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [The reason why research is like sculpting from memory is that in neither is there a concrete visible subject to copy directly. The subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/the-reason-why-research-is-like-sculpting-from-memory-is-that-in/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [Everybody keeps calling for Excellence - excellence not just in schooling, throughout society. But as soon as somebody or something stands out as Excellent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/everybody-keeps-calling-for-excellence-excellence-not-just-in/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [Bernard Shaw remains the only model we have of what the citizen of a democracy should be: an informed participant in all things we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/bernard-shaw-remains-the-only-model-we-have-of-what-the-citizen-of-a/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/the-ascetic-is-often-a-sensualist-who-has-reached-the-limit-of-his/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/idealism-springs-from-deep-feelings-but-feelings-are-nothing-without/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/in-teaching-you-cannot-see-the-fruit-of-a-day-s-work-it-is-invisible/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/the-mind-tends-to-run-along-the-groove-of-one-s-intention-and/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/vanity-is-a-static-thing-it-puts-it-faith-in-what-it-has-and-is/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/by-the-time-i-was-9-i-had-the-conviction-that-everybody-in-the-world/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [A student under my care owes his first allegiance to himself and not to my specialty; and must not be burdened with my work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/a-student-under-my-care-owes-his-first-allegiance-to-himself-and-not/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [We are accustomed to the artist scoundrel or specialist in vice, and unaccustomed to the creator in whom passion and reason and moral integrity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/we-are-accustomed-to-the-artist-scoundrel-or-specialist-in-vice-and/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

> [The professionals resemble and recognize each other by virtue of the stigmata that their trade has left upon them. They are like the dog…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/the-professionals-resemble-and-recognize-each-other-by-virtue-of-the/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

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