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Letter "J" » John Lubbock Quotes
«What we see depends mainly on what we look for.»
«If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Doubt,
Questioning
| Keywords:
doubt, morrow, morrows, rule
«Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| Keywords:
almost, As If, At The Gates, beautiful, Gates, heaven, looking, seem, sunsets
«The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Solitude
| Keywords:
depends, haven, havens, prison, punishment, repose, reposed, reposes, reposing, sanctuaries, sanctuary, solitude
«Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Learning
| Keywords:
excellent, Fields, lakes, Lake of, mountain, rivers, schoolmasters, the Mountain, The Sea, woods
«In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Truth
| Keywords:
generally, in truth, lacking
«Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Rest
| Keywords:
across, by no means, clouds, float, floated, grass, idleness, listening, murmur, murmurs, summer, summers, That Summer, The Clouds, waste of time, watching
«Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
color, colors, elements, Human eye, purest, The Eye, trains, unquestionably
«If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow»
«To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| Keywords:
ambition, elevating, Good Hope, happier, highest, High Hopes, hope, however, human, human being, inspire, small, with ambition
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