William Jones
William Jones
Philologist and expert on ancient India who founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal, known for proposing a link among Indo-European languages.
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth28 September 1746
opportunity self-improvement improvement
Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.
teacher poetry world
[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets...
wish ifs
Live as if you already are what you wish to become.
literature infinity attention
Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.
body helping public-service
Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.
simple ease pearls
Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.
interchange
In the whisper of the leaves appears an interchange of love.
hands opinion should
My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
latin perfect greek
The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.
christian men doctrine
I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishments without end.
ignorance animal dumb
Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meanness; a mark which all the external advantages of wealth, splendour, and nobility, cannot obliterate. It is consistent neither with learning nor true civility.
different interpretation experiments
An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter.
bible christian heart
The Bible is the light of my understanding, the joy of my heart, the fullness of my hope, the clarified of my affections, the mirror of my thoughts, the consoler of my sorrows, the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time, the telescope went from heaven to reveal to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world.
time law heaven
Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.