List of Benjamin Jowett Quotes

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Benjamin Jowett
Total Quotes 22
Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.
Men Air Oxford
We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.
Kindness Justice Action
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.
Feelings Taste Inscriptions
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
Plato Play Bears
If you don't find a god by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.
College Scary Afternoon
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
Life Mistake Men
I am not blaming the past. ... but i want the peace of god to settle on the future.
Peace Past Want
My dear child, you must believe in god despite what the clergy tells you.
Children Believe Dear God
All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.
Effort Language Compromise
Research ! a mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
Science Achievement Experience
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
Peace Kindness Learning
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
Book Reading Men
  • Born: April 15, 1817
  • Died: October 1, 1893
  • Occupation: Tutor
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