Gilbert Highet Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Gilbert Highet:

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
~Gilbert Highet


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#c0ffd080

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
~Gilbert Highet


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#8e203ba3

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.
~Gilbert Highet


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#85c6bc95

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.
~Gilbert Highet


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#5aaabaf2

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.
~Gilbert Highet


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#c156b186

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.
~Gilbert Highet


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#1b84c1d2

A good teacher is a determined person.
~Gilbert Highet


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#53c80a56

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?
~Gilbert Highet


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/gilbert-highet-quotes/#7102d418

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