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John Lubbock Quotes

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin Picture Quote #1

Rest is by no means a waste of time Picture Quote #1

Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life Picture Quote #1

Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind Picture Quote #1

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it Picture Quote #1

There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist Picture Quote #1

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How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars Picture Quote #1

Cultivate all your faculties; you must either use them or lose them Picture Quote #1

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble Picture Quote #1

Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of surprise, if some day when I am alone in the woods one of the trees were to speak to me Picture Quote #1

Art trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life Picture Quote #1

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand Picture Quote #1

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Happy indeed is the naturalist: to him the seasons come round like old friends; to him the birds sing: as he walks along, the flowers stretch out from the hedges, or look up from the ground, and as each year fades away, he looks back on a fresh store of happy memories Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work Picture Quote #1

A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest Picture Quote #1

It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong Picture Quote #1

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own Picture Quote #1

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We often hear of bad weather, but in reality, no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating. As Ruskin says, There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather Picture Quote #1

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life Picture Quote #1

Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence Picture Quote #1

What we see depends mainly on what we look for Picture Quote #1

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace Picture Quote #1

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it Picture Quote #1

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As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life Picture Quote #1

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the Earth Picture Quote #1

Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness Picture Quote #1

Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances Picture Quote #1

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done Picture Quote #1

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it Picture Quote #1

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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin (John Lubbock Quotes) Rest is by no means a waste of time (John Lubbock Quotes) Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life (John Lubbock Quotes) Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind (John Lubbock Quotes) Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it (John Lubbock Quotes) There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist (John Lubbock Quotes) How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars (John Lubbock Quotes) Cultivate all your faculties; you must either use them or lose them (John Lubbock Quotes) Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble (John Lubbock Quotes) Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of surprise, if some day when I am alone in the woods one of the trees were to speak to me. (John Lubbock Quotes) Art trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life. (John Lubbock Quotes) There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand (John Lubbock Quotes) Happy indeed is the naturalist: to him the seasons come round like old friends; to him the birds sing: as he walks along, the flowers stretch out from the hedges, or look up from the ground, and as each year fades away, he looks back on a fresh store of happy memories. (John Lubbock Quotes) 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. (John Lubbock Quotes) A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work (John Lubbock Quotes) A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest. (John Lubbock Quotes) It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong. (John Lubbock Quotes) False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own (John Lubbock Quotes) We often hear of bad weather, but in reality, no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating. As Ruskin says, There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. (John Lubbock Quotes) Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life. (John Lubbock Quotes) Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence. (John Lubbock Quotes) What we see depends mainly on what we look for (John Lubbock Quotes) When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace (John Lubbock Quotes) Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it (John Lubbock Quotes) As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life (John Lubbock Quotes) We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the Earth (John Lubbock Quotes) Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness (John Lubbock Quotes) Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances (John Lubbock Quotes) If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done (John Lubbock Quotes) The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it (John Lubbock Quotes)

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