"How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is!"

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Source : James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”

James Payn

#Educational Quotes #Judging Quotes #Gentleman Quotes

“The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.”

Source : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1945). “Hegel's Philosophy of right”
“We could be putting the hammer in Luton's coffin”
“What kind of person doesn't let you have gummi bears?”
“Minister every day. Opportunities are all around you. Look for them. Ask the Lord to help you recognize them. You will find that most consist of small, sincere acts that help others become followers of Jesus Christ.”
“When I waked, I cried to dream again”
“Air and manners are more expressive than words.”
“Talking to a peasant one day, I suggested to him the hypothesis that there might indeed be a God who governs heaven and earth, a Consciousness or Conscience of the Universe, but that even so it would not be sufficient reason to assume that the soul of every man was immortal in the traditional and concrete sense. And he replied, "Then what good is God?”
“When Barack Obama is right, then I'll support him. When he is wrong, I'll fight him.”

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