Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.
BENJAMIN JOWETTJowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.
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I am not blaming the past. … But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.
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Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.
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Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
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If you don’t find a God by five o’clock this afternoon you must leave the college.
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There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
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Plato’s dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
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You’ve got to be success minded. You’ve got to feel that things are coming your way when you’re out selling; otherwise, you won’t be able to sell anything.
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We can’t search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.
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Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
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It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.
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The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
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To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
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Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
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One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
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My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
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