Benjamin Jowett Quotes

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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.
• There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
• Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It is as…
• All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.
• Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely…
• Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
• One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
• My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
• 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…
• I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.
• The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
• Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
• Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
• Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
• We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
• Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
• The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.
• You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.
• Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.

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