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List of Robert Grosseteste Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 15 inspiring quotes by Robert Grosseteste.

About Robert Grosseteste

  • Born: 1175
  • Died: October 9, 1253
  • Occupation: Philosopher
    • And in doing this i advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in august at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid.
    August Land Corn
    And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of this be sure, that you shall be very much feared and reverenced.
    Two Over You Meals
    Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable.
    House Faithful Watches
    If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over.
    Land Numbers Sowing
    The return from cows and sheep in cheese is worth much money every day in the season, without calves and lambs, and without the manure, which all return corn and fruit.
    Sheep Lambs Cows
    Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms.
    Corn Bread Week
    This part of optics, when well understood, shows us how we may make things a very long distance off appear as if placed very close, and large near things appear very small, and how we may make small things placed at a distance appear any size we want, so that it may be possible for us to read the smallest letters at incredible distances, or to count sand, or seed, or any sort or minute objects.
    Distance Long Letters
    Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners.
    Office Faithful Good Man
    Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve god and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of god to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against god.
    Pleasure Gods Will Serving God
    Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.
    Heart Soul Division
    And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock.
    Wine Issues Kitchen
    And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.
    Meals
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