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Benjamin Jowett (April 15, 1817 - October 1, 1893) was an English scholar, classicist and theologian, and Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
Universities are full of knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in and the seniors take none away, and knowledge accumulates.
Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.
Logic is neither a science or an art, but a dodge.
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
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