Doe Quote by Jacques Barzun

“To denounce does not free the self from what it hates, any more than ignoring the past shuts off its influence.”

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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

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In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

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The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.

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