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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury quotes
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 blue sky, is by no means waste of time.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
There are three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer. Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought to help us to answer these questions.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
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.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgement when we have not.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury