Henry S. Haskins quotes - page 2

The darkness around us might somewhat light up if we would first practice using the light we have on the place we are. (Henry S. Haskins)
Many of us are impersonations of what we know we ought to be. View quote
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Discontent follows ambition like a shadow. View quote
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It is only an uncivilized world that would worship civilization. View quote
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Normal is the wrong name often used for average. View quote
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The highest grades of humanity have passed through the millstones more than once. View quote
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Imitation can acquire pretty much everything but the power which created the thing imitated. View quote
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The art of a pedant is to divert his pupils from noticing the smallness of his puddle, and to make them attribute his apparent size to his being a really big toad. View quote
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Dive where the water is deep. View quote
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A soul which is truly in earnest is not above disabling the body to discourage dangerous competition. View quote
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When study becomes labor, we had better change the subject-matter as quickly as possible. (Henry S. Haskins)
Only occasional hours meet our full requirements. View quote
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The deadliest contagion is majority opinion. View quote
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Thoughts left unsaid are never wasted. View quote
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It is getting what we started to get, not the thing got, which spells success. View quote
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Some talk in quarto volumes and act in pamphlets. View quote
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Contentment has been worn as a crown by no end of sleepy heads. View quote
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It is not so much tutoring that the minds needs, but clearer recognition and better use of what it already knows. View quote
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It is the semi-learned who scorn the ignorant; the learned know too much about them for that. View quote
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The tongues of conscience need a conscience of their own to keep them from speaking before they know what they are talking about. View quote
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If someone offers to furnish a sure test, ask what the test was which made the sure test sure. (Henry S. Haskins)
Having climbed to a height, it is easier to slip from it than to stay there after the zest of striving is removed. View quote
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No conscience which is a palimpsest of the consciences of others is a safe guide. View quote
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Vacant minds have their uses, yet it seems a pity to waste first-class bodies on them. View quote
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The unfortunate who has to travel for amusement lacks capacity for amusement. View quote
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