Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowettwas renowned as an influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth15 April 1817
plato play bears
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
feelings taste inscriptions
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.
book men one-man
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
children believe dear-god
My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
way able selling
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 to sell anything.
peace past want
I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.
science research excuse
Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
college scary afternoon
If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.
successful unnecessary precaution
Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.
peace kindness unique
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
important world pushing
It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.
truth lying character
There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
kindness justice action
We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.
effort language compromise
All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.