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
brighter cheerful duty dwell effectual happiness ought ourselves teachers
I can but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the duty of happiness as well as the happiness of duty; for we ought to be as bright and genial as we can, if only because to be cheerful ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others.
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.
affection afraid helped love men pleasure showing thoughtful warm word
Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.
choose generally lacking people time
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking
follow giving itself learning love succeed sure
If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow
library littles cost
How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars.
horse mind contentment
All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.
teaching reading writing
Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon constitute a dinner.
wind treasure sailor
We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure.
nature thinking tree
Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of surprise, if some day when I am alone in the woods one of the trees were to speak to me.
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.
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.
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.