Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it. — John Lubbock Asks Copy Share Image
We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth. — John Lubbock Book Copy Share Image
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a… — John Lubbock Be cautious Copy Share Image
The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of… — John Lubbock Brighter Copy Share Image
“In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will… — John Lubbock Advice Copy Share Image
In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends… — John Lubbock Depends Copy Share Image
It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of… — John Lubbock Add Copy Share Image
It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window. — John Lubbock Harder Copy Share Image
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will… — John Lubbock Time Copy Share Image
A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. — John Lubbock Education Copy Share Image
We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some… — John Lubbock All kinds Copy Share Image
Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around; and most… — John Lubbock Brightness Copy Share Image
When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing,… — John Lubbock Air Copy Share Image
A poor woman from Manchester, on being taken to the seaside, is said to have expressed her delight on seeing for the… — John Lubbock Delight Copy Share Image
Happy indeed is the naturalist: to him the seasons come round like old friends; to him the birds sing: as he walks… — John Lubbock Bird Copy Share Image
The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or… — John Lubbock Sanctuary Copy Share Image
Those who have not distinguished themselves at school need not on that account be discouraged. the greatest minds do not necessarily ripen… — John Lubbock Accounts Copy Share Image
Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if… — John Lubbock Air Copy Share Image
All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are… — John Lubbock Carriages Copy Share Image
Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that… — John Lubbock Affinity Copy Share Image
Love seems to beautify and inspire all nature. It raises the earthly caterpillar into the ethereal butterfly, it paints the feathers in… — John Lubbock Bird Copy Share Image
“What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop,… — John Lubbock Artists Copy Share Image
“I cannot, however, but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of… — John Lubbock Better Copy Share Image
Our great mistake in education is ... the worship of book-learning-the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of… — John Lubbock Book Copy Share Image
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should have the opportunity of… — John Lubbock Boys Copy Share Image
We are all great landed proprietors, if we only knew it. What we lack is not land, but the power to enjoy… — John Lubbock Advantage Copy Share Image
“Our great mistake in education is, as it seems to me, the worship of book-learning–the confusion of instruction and education. We strain… — John Lubbock Book learning Copy Share Image
Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account. — John Lubbock Accounts Copy Share Image
A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else. — John Lubbock Friend Copy Share Image
