One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
BENJAMIN JOWETTMy dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
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Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.
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It is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need.
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Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
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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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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.
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All translation is a compromise – the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.
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Plato’s dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
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Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty.
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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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It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.
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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
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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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I am not blaming the past. … But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.
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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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