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Benjamin Jowett Quotes: There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
         

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.


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Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.



To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.



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Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.



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You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.



Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else.

Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else.



We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.



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All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.



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It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.



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