In 1896, Takieddine moved to Sagesse High School in Beirut and finished his secondary school at the age of 15. At the Sagesse High school, the late Wadih Akel became his classmate, and Takieddine received his education from the Arabic grammar scholar Sheikh Abdullah Boustani. There, in Beirut, he unraveled the magnificence of the Arabic and French literature.[1][2][3]