"...universities were not meant entirely, or even chiefly,……" — Max Muller
"...universities were not meant entirely, or even chiefly, as stepping-stones to an examination, but that there is something else which universities can teach and ought to teach-nay, which I feel quite sure they were originally meant to teach-something that may not have a marketable value before a Board of Examiners, but which has a permanent value for the whole of our life, and that is a real interest in our work, and, more than that, a love of our work, and, more than that, a true joy and happiness in our work..."
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53 Quotes by Max Muller
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Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less; but that he who loves…
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The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.
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Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord?.
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For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs…
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It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.
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