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
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Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
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Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.
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Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.
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A crowd is not necessarily company, but neither need it necessarily prevent thought or disturb peace of mind.
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Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances.
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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.
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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
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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.
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When we have done our best, we should wait the results in peace
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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time
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If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow
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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
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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.
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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.