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
clever next till written
If you have written a clever and conclusive, but scathing letter, keep it back till the next day, and it will very often never go at all.
library littles cost
How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars.
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.
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.
happier highest however human inspire others
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
peace results wait
When we have done our best, we should wait the results in peace