Holbrook Jackson
Holbrook Jackson
George Holbrook Jacksonwas a British journalist, writer and publisher. He was recognised as one of the leading bibliophiles of his time...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
habit undoing
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
variation originality
Originality is only variation.
mistake ignorance men
Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?
friendship god dog
Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.
two class society
There are only two classes in society: those who get more than they earn, and those who earn more than they get.
advice forgiving
Forgive everybody but yourself.
elderly advice trying
Don't try to convert the elderly person; circumvent him.
scholarship pedantry
Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.