Mandell Creighton famous quotes
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No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good.
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All true knowledge contradicts common sense.
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Paradoxes are useful to attract attention to ideas.
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The universities are a sort of lunatic asylum for keeping young men out of mischief.
-- Mandell Creighton
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Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
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I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
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Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.
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Mingle often with good people to keep your soul nourished.
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And I just want to work with good directors and good people.
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Evil grows when good people do and say nothing.
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Good people suddenly don't turn bad.
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He tried the luxury of doing good.
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I found me a place where I can do good without doing any harm, and I can see I'm doing good, and them I'm doing good for know I'm doing it, and they love me, Unk, as best they can. I found me a home.
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Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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