Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes QCwas an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days, a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth20 October 1822
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Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.
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Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends,for it is one of God's best gifts.
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I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one.
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He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world.
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At that moment his soul is fuller of the tomb and him who lies there than of the altar and Him of whom it speaks. Such stages have to be gone through, I believe, by all young and brave souls, who must win their way through hero-worship to the worship of Him who is the King and Lord of heroes.
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Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.
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Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.
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From behind the shadow of the still small voice — more awful than tempest or earthquake — more sure and persistent than day and night — is always sounding full of hope and strength to the weariest of us all, Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
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Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
It's more than a game. It's an institution.
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Life isn't all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.