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
world this-world depends
In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for.
character personality-flaws
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.
buying restraint wells
Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.
mistake men too-much
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.
cheerful world brightness
Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around; and most of us can, as we choose, make of this world either a palace or a prison.
beautiful three answers
Here are the three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer: Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought to help us to answer these questions.
children men race
Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that the early condition of the individual indicates that of the race,-that the best test of the affinities of a species are the stages through which it passes. So also it is in the case of man; the life of each individual is an epitome of the history of the race, and the gradual development of the child illustrates that of the species.
rain sunshine reality
We often hear of bad weather, but in reality, no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating. As Ruskin says, "There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
book littles profit
We profit little by books we do not enjoy.
pain suffering possibility
To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.
taken sea delight
A poor woman from Manchester, on being taken to the seaside, is said to have expressed her delight on seeing for the first time something of which there was enough for everybody.
happiness people would-be
It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong.
rain weather looks
It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window.
years purpose life-is
Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence.