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• Benjamin Jowett:

  There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to becom

• Benjamin Jowett:

  Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

• Benjamin Jowett:

  One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

• Benjamin Jowett:

  Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

• Benjamin Jowett:

  You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

• Benjamin Jowett:

  Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

• Benjamin Jowett:

  Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of

• Benjamin Jowett:

  My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

• Benjamin Jowett:

  Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

• Benjamin Jowett:

  Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.