John Lubbock
John Lubbock
The Right Honourable John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC FRS DCL LLD, known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth30 April 1834
air secret mind
Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.
silent pleasure heavy
A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest.
happiness imperfect pleasure
False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.
good-friend men
A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else.
men affectionate
Men are more helped by sympathy than by service.
mistake enemy wicked
Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous.
character endurance tests
Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.
heart too-much discouraged
Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged.
giving kind pleasure
A kind word will give more pleasure than a present.
blessing trying blessing-you
Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose.
opportunity men blessing
It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are recklessly wasted or thrown away.
mean waste wasting-time
Rest is by no means a waste of time.
miracle looks lord
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.
taken sleep air
When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing, however, is more conducive to healthful sleep than plenty of open air.