"The aim of those who try to control……" — Gilbert Highet
"The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to impose that on all thinking people."
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Gilbert Highet
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31 Quotes by Gilbert Highet
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Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of…
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These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
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A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
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What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise…
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Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself…
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These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out…
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The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to…
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The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you…
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A good teacher is a determined person
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The Sonnets of Shakespeare have the fascination of an autobiography, without its clarity. It is like reading an important document…
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I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by…
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Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most…
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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
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Well begun is half done.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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